‘Uphold the oath you undertook,’ New IG Mutyambai cautions police

The new Inspector General of Police Hillary Nzioka Mutyambai has strongly indicated that fighting corruption will be one of his top priority as he officially assumes office.

Mutyambai who took the oath of office on Monday, April 8, morning thanked President Uhuru Kenyatta for giving him the opportunity to serve Kenyans and promised to join hands in the ongoing war against graft.

In his first ever speech as the IG, Mutyambai stated he will be fully support the ongoing graft purge and that the police will play its enforcement role in a non-partisan manner andin accordance with the law.

“I am fully in support of the ongoing fight against corruption in the country, and I want to be very clear; we must all join hands in the fight against the vice.

We as the National Police Service, we will play our enforcement role in the non-partisan manner guided by high fidelity in the law,” the new police boss said.

Mutyambai also made it clear that corruption will not be tolerated within the police service and vowed to ensure the vice is eliminated.

“We must also as a police ensure that we eliminate corruption within our ranks, and I call upon all officers to remember and uphold the oath they undertook to be faithful to the law,” he said.

Besides corruption, the other key issues that the new IG indicated he will give top priority include matters to do with national security and the ongoing police reforms.

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