Amin Mohamed Ibrahim has officially taken oath of office as the new Director of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI).
The oath ceremony took place on Wednesday, October 19 and was presided over by Chief Justice Martha Koome.
Moreover, after being sworn in, the new DCI boss gave out his mobile phone number (0722415419) for members of the public to reach him, as he promised to deliver on his new mandate.
Nevertheless, Amin Mohamed, 58, has served in the National Police Service for the last 33 years, working in various capacities.
His service at the NPS made him a clear favorite from the time a shortlist of 10 candidates for the position was released by NPCSC last week. As such, he is headed back to familiar ground.
Additionally, Amin Mohamed first got into investigations when he was appointed the officer in charge of the crime branch at Bungoma Police Station immediately after being hired as a cadet in 1989. Since then, he rose through the ranks at the DCI.
Likewise, he successfully investigated former Deputy Chief Justice Nancy Baraza when she threatened a security guard in 2012, he also investigated and prosecuted the killers of former Italian bishop Luigi Locati in 2005 and coordinated investigations for the 2007 post-election violence.
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Furthermore, among other senior positions, Mr. Amin served as the director of the Kenya National Focal Point on Small and Light Weapons; as the regional director for the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) in Northeastern; as the head of investigations at DCI; and as the senior superintendent at the Anti-Corruption Police Unit.
Despite his good performance during the interviews where he scored the highest points, there was a push between certain political actors who wanted to impose their own candidate. However, President William Ruto stood firm, maintaining that the winner of the interviews should be given the job.
Nevertheless, Mr. Amin Ibrahim is coming into office as the 16th head of the investigative arm of the National Police Service since the formation of the Criminal Intelligence Unit (CIU) in 1926.
The new DCI director is also the first director ever to be competitively recruited – an early positive change by the Ruto administration.
The law provides directions on how the director of Kenya’s biggest investigative agency is supposed to be selected. However, the Mwai Kibaki and Uhuru Kenyatta regimes hired their DCI directors as Presidential appointees.
