- Those affected are required to report to their new stations by March 13.
- Director General Alexander Muteshi who was appointed in 2018 is set to exit in July.
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A major reshuffle affecting the top management at the Directorate of Immigration Services has been sanctioned.
The changes targeted crucial sections that include border management, passport services and permanent residence among others.
Key among those who have been affected is Pamela Otenyo, the director in charge of the border secretariat and Carlos Maluta who is the current deputy director in charge of JKIA.
Sources have told the Star that Otenyo has reportedly been transferred to the foreign national management (FNM) section and replaced by Evaline Cheluget, a director at the Citizenship services.
In the letters sent to each of the affected staff by Principal Secretary Julius Bitok, they are all required to report to their new stations by March 13.
“The letters were sent via emails and they are set to report to their new stations by next week Monday,” a senior official who sought anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter said.
Director General Alexander Muteshi who was appointed in 2018 is set to exit in July after completing his term.
Functions performed by the border management are coordination of border services including general management of entry and exit of persons and provision of consolidated border daily operational reports to the Director of Immigration among others.
It is not clear if the reorganisation is part of the ongoing shakeups in key state agencies by President William Ruto or linked to the recent departure of former Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiangi.
Bitok could not be reached for a comment.
Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei is among the leaders who called for action on anyone who may have facilitated the travel of the former CS out of the country.
“There should be immediate investigations into any officers who cleared CS Matiangi to travel yet he is under investigation by various agencies. Reshuffling or administrative action should be taken and immediate repatriation back to Kenya,” Cherargei said then.
Matiangi is said to have left the country on February 19, under unclear circumstances that even caught the country’s investigative agencies including the DCI which have been pursuing him unawares.
“The subject departed on February 19, through JKIA on KLM flight number KL 566, “a statement signed by Emmanuel Simiyu on behalf of the Immigration Director-General dated February 28 reads.
The letter was in response to an inquiry by the DCI on the travel history of the former CS.
Matiangi has since jetted back into the country.
His lawyer Danstan Omari had earlier told the press that Matiangi would be out of the country for two weeks.