The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) boss Amin Mohamed has disbanded the anti-counterfeit unit that was established by his predecessor George Kinoti in 2018.
In a memo, the 37 officers and senior commanders from the disbanded unit have been ordered to report to the new stations across the country by Monday, November 28.
Moreover, the affected officers include the unit’s boss Chief Inspector Nathan Njoroge who has been moved to the Tabaka DCI office in Mandera county. 25 other Chief Inspectors and 11 Inspectors have also been moved to other DCI stations across the country.
In addition, Amin also transferred four detectives from his previous unit, the Internal Affairs Unit, to the DCI headquarters Intelligence Bureau. They include Inspectors Andrew Ngowa and Kennedy Ndeto who were attached to the Anonymous Reporting System (ARIS), Honorata Nganyi who was a Complaint Management Officer and Mr Kennedy Tuti who was the head of Corporate Communications at the unit.
Nonetheless, the disbandment of the unit comes weeks after the former Acting Inspector General of Police Noor Gabow disbanded the DCI Special Service Unit (SSU).
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This happened after the unit was accused of being behind the alleged abduction and disappearance of two Indian citizens and their taxi driver.
Investigations into the disappearance of the foreigners and Kenyan taxi driver was conducted by the Internal Affairs Unit (IAU) leading to the arrest of its detectives.
Likewise, some intelligence officers, interrogated them and released them before presenting its findings to the President. The findings contained a recommendation to have the unit disbanded to pave way for tightening of loose ends in the case before the file is forwarded to the Director of Public Prosecutions for directions.
Nevertheless, what followed was an announcement by the DCI that Mr Gabow had directed that the unit be disbanded.