A senior National Intelligence Service official on a covert mission in the Netherlands was arrested and deported to Kenya after he attempted to meet an ICC witness last week.

The officer, a Principal Intelligence Officer, had accompanied two other spies on the assignment when he left his colleagues and started tracing the witness based at The Hague.

he government on Tuesday admitted that an NIS officer was deported by the Dutch Government last Thursday.

However, he was not on a mission to visit witnesses in the Kenyan cases at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, the Interior Affairs ministry said.

Spokesman Mwenda Njoka said the National Intelligence Service man was arrested at the Schipol International Airport in Amsterdam, Netherlands while on transit to Germany.

The Nation got the story from a reliable source who was categorical about the ICC link.

The officer, a Principal Intelligence Officer, had allegedly accompanied two other spies on the assignment when he left his colleagues and started tracing the witness who is closely monitored by The Hague security.