The Director of Criminal Investigations George Kinoti has shuffled top sleuths in the country and named new commanders to boost operations ahead of the 2022 polls.
The new changes made on July 5 were prompted by the retirement of some senior officers within the unit.
The new Nairobi Regional Criminal Investigations Officer (RCIO) is Paul Wachira who moved from Rift Valley. Wachira was replaced in Rift Valley by Isaac Meeme.
Nairobi RCIO Bernard Nyakwaka was moved to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and named the head of the DCI Kenya Airports Police Unit to replace Joseph Mugwanja who was transferred to DCI headquarters and named the director of planning.
The new director of the Investigations Bureau (IB) is the outgoing head of Anti Terrorism Police Unit (ATPU) John Gachomo. Mombasa head of ATPU Martin Otieno replaced Gachomo at the headquarters.
At the Banking Fraud Investigations Unit (BFIU) the new head will be Carrey Nyawinda. Nyawinda replaced Abdallah Komesha who was moved to DCI headquarters and named the deputy to Gachomo at the IB.
Kilimani head of DCI Fatuma Hadi was sent to Rwanda for a senior officers’ training course and replaced by Stephene ole Tanki while Peter Kiboro was named the new DCIO for Gigiri in Nairobi and Laikipia head of DCI Francis Wanjau was moved to Kisumu in the same capacity.
Bernard Gicheru was confirmed as the director of operations at DCI, Pius Gitari as the boss at Special Service Unit (SSU), Eliud Lagat director of reforms while Kisii County Criminal Investigations Officer (CCIO) Adan Guyo was moved to Nyandarua in same capacity and Kitui’s Samuel Kobina to DCI academy as the deputy director.
Lawrence Okoth was moved to Kitui and named the CCIO, Johnston Kola (North Eastern), Stephen Chacha (Western region) and Johna Kirui (DCI headquarters) while Amos Teben was named the director of complaints and Kasarani’s Jackson Owino was sent to Garissa as the head of personnel.
Others named include Gatiri Mboroki (OC DCI academy), David Chebii (Fichua Complaints Unit), Vincent Korir (Kasarani), Stephen Mutua (Makadara), and Festus Nyamai (Embakasi).
The DCI is a key pillar in policing as they are supposed to among others detect and tame crimes in general.
It has several units that enable it to work with other agencies.
For instance, ATPU is supposed to prevent, detect, disrupt and interdict terrorist activities within the country, conduct investigations of terrorism and terrorism-related cases and secure evidence related to terrorist activities.
The unit also conducts maintenance of profiles for suspected terrorists and establishment of a data bank, sharing intelligence with other security-related agencies and reviews and monitors the security of foreign missions accredited to Kenya.
