- They include 381 from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations, 471 from the Kenya Police and more than 200 from the Administration Police.
- They were informed of the promotions in internal communication dated July 31 and congratulated.
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More than 1,000 police officers of the rank of inspector have been promoted in changes in the National Police Service.
They include 381 from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations, 471 from the Kenya Police and more than 200 from the Administration Police.
They were informed of the promotions in internal communication dated July 31 and congratulated.
“They may now wear appropriate badges of rank pertinent to the rank of Chief Inspector of Police. Congratulations for well-deserved promotion.
Consequently promoted officers from Kenya Police Service to be informed and released to report to NPC Main Campus Kiganjo for a six (6) week of training starting from Monday, 7th August, 2023. Joining instructions to follow,” read part of the memo.
Most officers of the rank of Chief Inspector serve as Officers Commanding Station (OCS) and hence are seen as crucial in the general running of police service.
Others serve as the sub county Directorate of Criminal Investigations officers (DCIOs).
They are the ones who mostly interact with the public in solving many disputes at various levels.
In investigations, they are the ones allowed to record confessions for use in cases. They also command various operations at different stages.
The promotions, according to insiders, have been pending for a long period.
This comes amid a dispute between some commissioners at the National Police Service Commission and the Inspector General of police Japhet Koome on who should effect promotions and at what stage.
A case is pending in court over the same and has since been pushed to November 2023.
The commission has since met to iron out the differences and agreed but the agreement is yet to be registered in court over unclear reasons, the employment court was told.
This follows a move by the IG to promote 514 senior officers to various ranks in accordance with provisions of the Constitution 2010.
Koome announced the promotions, which saw the newly-appointed Commandant of the General Service Unit, Eliud Lagat, the director-general of the Kenya Coast Guard Service (KCGS), Bruno Shioso, Deputy Director of Criminal Investigations Nicholas Kamwende, the director of DCI’s Investigations Bureau (IB) David Birech and John Onyango of crime research promoted to the rank of SAIG.
Also promoted to the same rank was Abdalla Komesha, the Director of the Internal Affairs Unit.
All new regional police commanders — who were of the rank of Commissioner of Police — were also promoted to the rank of Assistant Inspector General (AIG).
They have all worn their ranks and earned salaries accrued from the ranks.