The Principal Assistant to Deputy Inspector General of Kenya Police (DIG) Patrick Tito./HANDOUT
The Principal Assistant to Deputy Inspector General of Kenya Police (DIG) Patrick Tito will act in the position following the stepping aside of Eliud Lagat.
This is after Lagat stepped aside from his position on Monday following the death of Albert Ojwang in police custody on June 7.
He said he stepped aside to allow investigations.
Tito is a career police officer, and he took over the position as the Principal Assistant to the DIG in March 2025.
He had been the Nyanza Regional Police Commander before he was moved to Vigilance House in Nairobi and named Principal Assistant to Lagat.
This follows the retirement of former PA to DIG Miriam Muli in February 2025. As the PA to the DIG, Tito has been the main driver of the service in many ways.
As the PA advises the DIG on many operational matters. He goes to a familiar territory. He had served former police bosses as a PA in the same office.
They include Maj Gen (Rtd) Hussein Ali, Mathew Iteere, David Kimaiyo and Joseph Boinnet.
He was then moved to the diplomatic police unit, railways and later to Nyanza, where he has served for almost a year. He takes over familiar territories.
