Interior Principal Secretary, Dr Karanja Kibicho, has been handed three months civil jail for failing to obey previous orders in a compensation case of a torture victim.
Justice George Odunga ordered the Inspector-General of Police to ensure Mr Kibicho is arrested and sent to prison to serve the sentence.
The judge pointed out that court orders should be respected and that any disobedience should not be tolerated.
Justice Odunga said Mr Kibicho failed twice to honour a summons to appear in court to explain why a torture victim, who was awarded compensation after suing 13 years ago, had not been paid.
Kibicho was expected in court on Monday, November 28 but failed to appear.
There was no explanation for his failure to show up on Tuesday.
The summons was issued in a case where Michael Mahugu sought compensation from the State in 2003.
He claimed he was tortured by Special Branch officers in then President Daniel Moi’s regime and was awarded Sh2.6 million on February 2014.
He then sued the Interior PS after his attempts to get the compensation failed.
