Naivasha Member of Parliament Jayne Kihara has been summoned to appear before the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Monday over allegations of making inciteful remarks at a public event.

A summons issued by Deputy Director of the Investigations Bureau, George Lenny Kisaka who also serves as an Assistant Inspector General of Police indicates that Kihara is under investigation for allegedly undermining the authority of a public officer.

The case reportedly involves the spread of inflammatory or disruptive content, though the event in question was not named.

The lawmaker in a post on her social media pages, claimed the move was aimed at intimidating her.

"The days of intimidating leaders using the criminal justice system are long gone. Summoning me to DCI headquarters tomorrow will not change Kenyans (sic) resolve because it's not about Jayne Kihara but our country, Kenya."

Speaking to The Standard, Kihara said she believes the summons are politically motivated and tied to her public support for Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua.

“I suspect this is linked to my remarks during the burial of Boniface Kariuki in Murang’a County last Friday,” she said.

Kariuki, a victim of police brutality during anti-government protests in Nairobi, was shot at close range by a police officer on June 17. The incident, which was captured on video, sparked nationwide outrage. He succumbed to his injuries at Kenyatta National Hospital on June 30 and was buried on July 11.

Constable Klinzy Barasa, the officer implicated in the shooting, has since been arraigned and is undergoing a mental assessment before entering a plea to murder charges.

Kihara also suggested the DCI summons may be linked to the recent wave of anti-government demonstrations that swept the country in June and July. She claimed investigators suspect she may have played a role in the July 7 protests.

“I wasn’t even in Naivasha on that day I was in Nairobi. And considering the police brutality in previous protests, I did not expect my supporters to demonstrate,” Kihara said, dismissing claims of sponsoring any violent groups.

Her remarks come after Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen, in a press address on June 26, directed DCI boss Mohamed Amin to launch a probe into the protests. Murkomen accused unnamed politicians of attempting to exploit the June 25 protests to destabilize the Kenya Kwanza administration.

“What happened yesterday was not a peaceful protest it was terrorism disguised as dissent. What we saw was lawlessness and anarchy,” Murkomen said at the time.

Several individuals affiliated with Deputy President Gachagua have already been arrested and charged in relation to the protests. These include Manyatta MP Gitonga Mukunji, Wanjiku Thiga a youth leader from the Democracy for Citizens Party—and Kiambu politician Peter Kinyanjui, also known as Kawanjiru.

Mukunji was released on a cash bail of Sh300,000 by the Kahawa Law Courts. Thiga and Kinyanjui are awaiting a ruling on their bail application, set for July 16.