Two senior police officers belonging to the disbanded Directorate of Criminal Investigations Special Services Unit have been recalled and posted afresh.
The team was disbanded in September and all 50 officers serving in the unit sent on leave as their juniors faced probe into a case of two missing Indians and their Kenyan driver on July 23.
Other junior officers who were also on leave have been sent to various stations, officials aware of the developments said.
About 12 others are facing investigations into the incident.
Last week, Pius Gitari, who was the head of the unit, was recalled from the compulsory leave and transferred to Mandera as the county criminal investigations officer.
Gitari’s deputy, Alfred Njoka, who has also been on compulsory leave, and will be the Western regional criminal investigations officer, officials said.
SSU has been relied on to respond to any murder incident involving violent criminals on the run or unsolved issues and even terrorism.
It was a revamped team from an earlier one that was referred as Special Crimes Prevention Unit, which was reorganised in 2019 by former DCI director George Kinoti.
They also handled fraud, drug-related cases and terror-related incidents, where they are called as back up team.
The SSU officers were also mainly used to carry out special duties such raids.
The investigators from the Internal Affairs Unit have maintained that the officers are linked to the forceful disappearance of Mohammed Said Sami and Zulfiqar Ahmed.
The two are claimed to have travelled to Kenya during the electioneering period and were working with a digital media team allied to then Kenya Kwanza presidential candidate William Ruto.
Their driver Nicodemus Mwania has also been missing since then.
According to the IAU detectives, the duo were at the scene of crime and at the Aberdares National Park, where the three victims are believed to have been taken after their alleged abduction from Ole Sereni Hotel.
Two other civilians who had been arrested over the issue are out on bond.
(edited by Amol Awuor)
