- The role of DIG-KPS involves commanding, controlling, and administering the Kenya Police Service under the direction of the IG.
- The DIG-APS is responsible for leading the Administration Police Service and operates under the directions and control of the IG.
The acting Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Kenya Police Service (KPS) Eliud Lagat and his Administration Police Service (APS), acting DIG James Kamau will this week know if they will be confirmed to the positions.
The National Police Service Commission (NPSC) is set to name the new bosses by Friday this week.
The commission intends to conduct interviews for the candidates for the positions on Monday, July 22, 2024, and resort to computing the results before announcing the successful candidates.
“They can do it overnight on Monday after the interview and name the winners by even Tuesday or Wednesday. We know they are able to,” said an insider aware of the plans.
The two acting police bosses are among those shortlisted candidates for the interviews to be conducted on July 22.
The other candidates shortlisted in KPS include Coast regional police commander George Sedah, immediate former Rift Valley regional police commander Tom Odero and former Nyanza regional police commander Vincent Makokha.
In the APS, the other candidates include the commandant National Police Training Campus Embakasi Gilbert Masengeli, Margret Karanja of the police band and former spokesman Masood Mwinyi.
The interviews will be conducted at the Kenya School of Government in Kabete and the public has been asked to send their views on the candidates.
This follows the resignation of former Inspector General of Police Japhet Koome on July 12.
President William Ruto confirmed Koome’s resignation and subsequently appointed outgoing DIG KPS Douglas Kanja as the acting IG of NPS.
Lagat, the former Commandant of the General Service Unit was named acting DIG Kenya Police and Kamau, the former Commandant of the Administration Training Police Campus- Embakasi was named acting DIG APS.
The role of DIG-KPS involves commanding, controlling, and administering the Kenya Police Service under the direction of the IG.
The DIG-APS is responsible for leading the Administration Police Service and operates under the directions and control of the IG.
In the changes, Ruto transferred the commander of his security team- Presidential Escort Unit William Yiampoi.
Koome’s position will be filled by a person Ruto will nominate and send a name to Parliament for vetting. Koome had assumed the position in October 2022.
He is the third IG to leave office before finishing his term.
Director of Operations at police headquarters Renson Lolmodoon was named the new commandant of GSU.
Ruto’s head of security Yiampoi was moved to police headquarters and named the director of operations while Murang’a police boss David Mathiu was named the commandant national police leadership academy in Ngong. More changes are expected in the coming days.