The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on September 14 refuted reports claiming some of their senior officials were coerced to resign.
The agency clarified the reasons for the sudden resignations after claims of the officials being fired in relation to pre-election happenings started going around on social media.
“The officers reported to have resigned did so under the 24-hour rule on diverse dates last month and were not forced to leave.
“The detectives who were based at different specialized units within the Directorate left to pursue their careers in the private sector as financial investigators, fraud experts, and IT specialists among others,” part of the statement read.
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The agency (DCI) headed by George Kinoti further explained that just like any other institution its members were allowed to leave the institution if they followed the right resignation procedures.
“The Directorate of Criminal Investigations clarifies as follows: That like in any other progressive institution, the resignation of staff to pursue other interests in life is well provided for in the National Police Service, under the NPS Service Standing Orders (SSO)” read the DCI report.