Who will be the next IG as Boinet’s term comes to a close?

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Names have been fronted as search for new Inspector General of police gains momentum.

According to sources, The National Security Council (NSC) chaired by President Uhuru Kenyatta has selected a number of candidates from the National Police Service (NPS) as well as from other security agencies as possible successors.

NSC has been holding a series of meetings in recent weeks to discuss who will succeed Inspector-General of Police Joseph Boinnet, whose term is ending.

Joseph Boinnet

Even as members of the council vouch for some candidates, the National Police Service Commission (NPSC), which is charged with employing and grading National Police Service staff, is yet to be vetted by the National Assembly.

On Tuesday, President Kenyatta appointed Mr Eliud Kinuthia to succeed Mr Johnston Kavuludi as NPSC chairman.

Mr Kinuthia has worked as adviser on the National Police Service Transformation project.

The President also appointed Ms Lilian Kiamba, Mr Eusebius Laibuta, Mr Naphtaly Rono, Dr Alice Otwala and Mr John ole Moyaki members of the commission. They will serve for five years.

The nominees will be vetted by the National Assembly’s Administration and National Security Committee before they are formally appointed.

The NPSC Act requires the National Assembly to approve or reject the nominees within 21 days from the date the Speaker makes the announcement.

Mr Boinnet was sworn in before Chief Justice Willy Mutunga on March 11, 2015, after being vetted by a joint Senate and National Assembly committee, where he pledged to fill the gaps in the country’s security system and strengthen intelligence in the fight against crime. Now, four years down the line, and in accordance with the Section 18 of the National Police Service Act, the service is about to bid goodbye to the man about whom the country knew little before his appointment.

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