The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has dismissed claims that seven officers were forced to resign.
In a statement on Wednesday, DCI George Kinoti said the officers resigned willingly in August to pursue their own interests.
Kinoti said that rumors going around social media that the seven detectives were forced to resign are untrue.
He said that detectives are allowed to resign and follow other interests according to National Police Service Standing Orders.
"The DCI attention has been drawn to allegations doing rounds in social media insinuating forced resignation of seven DCI officers. Like in any other progressive institution, the resignation of staff to pursue other interests in life is well provided for in the National Police Service, under the NPS Service Standing Orders (SSO)," Kinoti said.
"Therefore, the officers reported to have resigned did so under the 24-hour rule on diverse dates last month and were not forced to leave the service as alleged."
Kinoti said that the seven detectives who resigned left to pursue other careers in the private sector.
"The detectives who were based at different specialized units within the Directorate left to pursue their careers in the private sector as financial investigators, fraud experts, IT specialists among others," he said.
