Several top ranking DCI officers have been moved by the in a major reshuffle effected by the Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI), George Kinoti.
Among those affected is Munga Nyale, the current head of the Anti-Terrorism Police Unit (ATPU) who has been re-deployed to the DCI headquarters’ Planning Department.
The new ATPU boss is John Gachomo who is in charge of the DCI department in Eastern Region.He takes over the critical task of fighting terrorism mainly working with local and international partners.
Nicholas Kamwende, who has served as the Head of DCI department in Nairobi County for a long time has been re-deployed to the Forensics Department, and will be handing over to Bernard Nyakwaka.
These moves comes at a time when Kenya is working on keeping steady her leg on security matters internally and within the country and barely a month after an attack at a city hotel where several people were injured and others lost lifes.
Earlier on the DCI and his counterpart DPP had been criticized by CJ David Maranga for presenting weak cases to the courts which led to the collapsing of the same.
Kinoti said the changes are aimed at enhancing service delivery in the wake of complex security challenges facing the country.
“These are routine changes to enhance service delivery,” Kinoti told Capital FM News on telephone.
Rift Valley head of the DCI department Gideon Kibunjah has also been moved to the Training School in Nairobi’s South C as Commandant.
North Eastern DCI boss Mohammed Amin has also been re-deployed to the National Focal Point on Small Arms which is under the Interior Ministry.