Acting Police IG Makes Changes To DCI

The changes are in line with ongoing police reforms and are aimed at streamlining services

Marvin Chege Marvin Chege
Oct 19, 2022 - 16:22 Updated: Oct 19, 2022 - 16:39
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Acting Police IG Makes Changes To DCI
or Gabow, Acting Inspector General of Police. /FILE

Acting Inspector General Noor Gabow has announced changes at the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) in a bid to bring reforms to the National Police Service (NPS).

Gabow noted in a statement on Wednesday, October 19 that the changes are in line with ongoing police reforms and are aimed at streamlining services; enhancing effectiveness, efficiency and professionalism in service delivery by the NPS.

In the changes, John Gachomo has been deployed as the new Director of the Internal Affairs Unit (IAU) while Nicholas Ireri Kamwende has been appointed as the Deputy Director of DCI.

Officers outside the DCI headquarters along Kiambu Road. /DCI

Eliud Kipkoech Lagat is the new Director Investigations Bureau (IB), while Johnstone Kola is the new Director of the Anti-terrorism Police Unit (ATPU).

Martin Otieno Omumbo has been deployed to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations whereas Paul Mumo has been deployed to the Kenya Police Headquarters, Vigilance House, Nairobi.

Gabow directed on Saturday, October 15 for the DCI to disband the Special Service Unit (SSU) with immediate effect.

"The DCI Special Service Unit (SSU) has been disbanded with immediate effect. This follows a directive from the Ag. IG Mr Noor Gabow."

"All officers serving in the disbanded unit have been recalled to DCI Headquarters for further instructions," the DCI stated. 

The unit (SSU) was formed on December 31, 2019, after the Flying Squad was disbanded by the former director of DCI, George Kinoti.

Kinoti noted that all flying squad units in the country had been disbanded and renamed after being taken through intensive training.

"With effect from today, the Unit has equally been disbanded. This marks the end of the Flying Squad Unit & no officer will present himself or herself to the public as such. Equally, the Special Crime Prevention Unit (SCPU) has been scaled down to a smaller unit only based ..at Headquarters, Nairobi. It has been renamed Special Service Unit (SSU)".

"Officers deployed in the unit have undergone intense training in & outside the country leading to the upgrading of their competencies, enhanced skills & knowledge aimed at making the Unit more effective & efficient while maximizing on the available resources," read part of a statement on social media from the DCI at the time.

Some of the cases that the SSU handled include; armed robberies, kidnappings, motor vehicle theft, sale and distribution of contraband, and substandard goods among others.

Other cases handled by the unit included the Crime Research and Intelligence Bureau (CRIB) for intelligence-driven operations alongside other augmenting units including cybercrime, ballistics, scenes of crime, principal crime registrar, Crime Intelligence Unit, Homicide, (DNA, Toxicological, Chemistry and Biology Lab Units).

The unit also worked closely with other State security agencies for information and intelligence sharing, among others.

George Kinoti walks out of DCI headquarters along Kiambu Road after handing over office on Friday, September 30, 2022. /DCI