Three police bosses dismissed after being found unsuitable to hold office

Three senior police officers have been sent packing in the latest phase of institutional reforms designed to rid the service of corrup

tion, incompetence and a history of human rights violations.

The officers were retired from service after failing in the vetting process by the National Police Service Commission (NSPC), it was announced yesterday.

Senior Deputy Commissioner of Police Francis Okonya, Senior Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of police reforms Jonathan Koskei and Senior Deputy Commissioner of Police in the office of the Inspector General of Police Peter Eregae were all found unsuitable to serve.

They were the first casualties of the vetting exercise, which kicked off in December, to establish officers’ suitability for the jobs they currently hold.

Those who survived the chop were General Service Unit (GSU) Commandant William Saiya, Kiganjo Police Training College Commandant Peter Kavila, the Director of the Small Arms Secretariat John Patrick Ochieng and Abdi Shurie of the Administration Police Training College.

The commission made the announcement yesterday at their offices in Westlands, Nairobi, after evaluating the officers’ performance during the interview.

“We have informed all the affected officers on how they performed and those not happy with our verdict can appeal,” said commission chairman Johnston Kavuludi.

The vetting standards included officer’s satisfaction of entry and training requirements, their professional conduct and discipline, integrity, financial probity, and respect for human rights.

Those removed from the service will have the opportunity to appeal the panel’s findings during vetting review. Among the NPSC members are retired Justice Sarah Ondeyo and former Deputy Director of the Kenya Anti-Corruption Authority John Mutonyi.

The stage is now been set for the vetting of the second batch of other senior police officers, which starts next week.

The commission has already asked Senior Assistant Commissioners of Police and Assistant Commissioners of police in both regular and Administration Police to return their vetting tools by next Tuesday in readiness for the exercise.

Yesterday, Kavuludi confirmed that the officers were informed to return the forms to the Skypark offices of the commission in Westlands ahead of their vetting.

The vetting of 26 Deputy Commissioners of Police will start on Monday before that of 66 Senior Assistant Commissioners of Police and 115 Assistant Commissioners of Police start.

This is expected to last for four to six weeks.

Apart from the public questioning, the officers were supplied with a questionnaire which among others sought to establish if the police officers have ever been involved in activities of illegal groupings, cartels, banned societies and political parties.

Those who have money stashed in foreign accounts were required to give details on the same and they were also asked to provide their bank accounts for the last two years.

The applicable vetting standards included officer’s satisfaction of entry and training requirements, their professional conduct and discipline, integrity and financial probity, and respect for human rights.

Officers who satisfy the Commission with regard to competence and suitability will be retained and those who do not will be removed from service.

The officers who have been successful in the vetting will automatically be named to the rank of Senior Assistant Inspector General of Police (SAIG) in a new structure.

  A new structure for the service has directorates at various levels.

 In the national structure, there will be 10 SAIGs. Two will be in the Inspector General’s office, four in the office of the Deputy IG in charge of police, three in the office of DIG for AP and one in the office of Director of CID.

“There will be four SAIGs in the office of DIG Kenya Police, namely the Principal Assistant, commandant GSU, Commandant Kenya Police College and Commandant Anti- Stock Theft Unit,” said commission chairman Kavuludi.

Defend

“There will be no group vetting but we will call each officer to come and defend him or herself. We are looking into the integrity and suitability of individuals,” added Kavuludi.

He added that the process and procedures would be consistently applied in accordance with constitution.

Those in the vetting panel include NPSC Commissioners Kavuludi, Ronald Musengi, Mary Owour, Mohamed Murshid, David Kimaiyo, Samuel Arachi, Grace Kaindi, Francis Muhoro, Benedict Nzioki, Nyumba Kumi initiative committee members Joseph Kaguthi (Chairman) and two members of his committee security expert Simiyu Werunga and former Criminal Investigations Department Director Francis Sang and former police officer Mike Harris and don Kimani Njogu.

-The standardmedia

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Top 10 Candidates in 2013 KCPE examination

Education Cabinet Secretary Jacob Kaimenyi Tuesday released the results for 2013 KCPE examination, ending candidates’ anxiety after a long wait. Kaimenyi noted that the overall performance in this year’s examination was relatively the same compared to that of 2012. Candidates who attained 251 marks this year were 417,483 compared to 416,900 last year. While announcing the results, Kaimenyi emphasised that irregularities will not be tolerated.

Brian Kimutai (Stewards Light School, Nandi) – 444 
Otieno Akoth (Golden Elite Premier, Kisumu) – 444
 Uniter Riziki (Kathigiri B, Meru) – 442
 Boera Felix (Vitale HGM, Makueni) – 442
 Koskei Kipkurui (St Mary's Ruaraka, Nairobi) – 442
 Emanuel Muyali (Thorn Tree School, Kajiado) – 442
Omondi Lydia (M M Shah, Kisumu) – 441 
Yujin Mosongo (Kenvic School, Kajiado) - 441 
Dorcas Cheruiyot (Kericho Primary, Kericho) – 440
 Masila Timothy (Newlight Komarock, Nairobi) – 440
 Onyango Elizabeth (Tender Care, Nairobi) - 440
 Ndete Velma (Thorn Tree School, Kajiado) -440

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Kimemia’s driver in carjacking gun drama that has baffled police

Secretary to the Cabinet Francis Kimemia’s driver was wounded in a shooting incident in Nairobi.

The driver, who was treated and discharged from hospital, was injured as he jumped out of a moving car and  engaged a gang that had carjacked him at Pangani.

The gang had driven with the driver into Kimemia’s compound in Kileleshwa. And as they made a turn in the compound ready to force their way into Kimemia’s house, police officers opened fire at the car damaging it before the gang of three sped out with the driver still on board.

Kimemia refused to comment on the issue yesterday.

According to the police, the driver had just dropped Kimemia in Kileleshwa and later drove his colleague to Pangani where he lives.

And as he was reversing in Pangani, a car hit the vehicle from behind. This forced the driver to alight and establish the nature of the damage that had been inflicted on Kimemia’s car.

As he checked, gunmen struck and told him to surrender before they forced their way into the car and later bundled him into the boot.

The driver told police the gang robbed him of undisclosed amount of money and other valuables.

He reportedly told the gang he is a businessman in the city and he lived in Kileleshwa. It was then that they decided to go with him to Kileleshwa where they intended to take more valuables. The driver told police he directed the gang into Kimemia’s compound where they were ushered in by armed police officers.

It was after they drove in that gunfire ensured. The car, which was damaged by bullets, was yesterday parked at Muthangari Police Station, where senior officers visited.

Nairobi County CID boss Nicholas Kamwende said they are investigating all versions of story.

“There are many missing links that we are trying to fill as part of our investigations into the shooting,” said Kamwende. The driver managed to jump out of the car as it sped off from the compound amid gunfire. The officers who were involved in the shooting said they feared shooting the driver and that is why they did not inflict maximum damage on the car.”

-the standardmedia

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Mother and daughter fight over village tycoon

A county representative in western Kenya and a sub-chief who happens to be her mother, caused a stir when they fiercely fought over a two-timing village tycoon. The off the wall incident shocked villagers and brought to light a secret love triangle between the county rep, her mother — a sub-chief — and a hardware dealer.

 The mother rudely learnt that her daughter had turned tables on her and came out guns blazing. They both had been secretly dating the hardware man, who seemed to be doing well financially by local standards.

“When the county rep — who shares a home with her mother — got home that evening, she dropped the bomb shell. Unaware that her mother had been dating the hardware man, she revealed about her affair with the hardware dealer. She further told her mother that she wanted to make it public and take the relationship to the next level by getting married to him,” a witness told Crazy Monday.

The witness, who spoke to this writer on condition of unanimity, revealed that the county rep’s mother was so infuriated.

And in a bid to make her change her mind, the mother warned her against the hardware man terming him unreliable and a ‘player’— unfaithful.

The following day, the sub-chief went to the man, first thing in the morning, to quarrel him. She demanded to know why the man had been ‘using’ her and also having an affair with her daughter.

Clandestine

“So you think my daughter is better than me? I will teach you a lesson you will never forget,” she told him.

The hardware man dismissed her, calling off his clandestine relationship with her on the spot.

 “You are here to yell at me? It’s over between you and me. After all, you have a husband, albeit an absentee one. Your daughter is young and fresh. Go to hell,” sneered the hardware man.

Upon getting wind of the drama that was unfolding at the hardware, the county rep hoped on a boda boda and arrived at the scene huffing and puffing. Unfortunately, upon her arrival, her mother had just left for home and she pursued her demanding to know why she (her mother) had gone to bandy words with ‘her’ man. The two got into a heated exchange and a cat fight ensued. The mother, who happens to be more built than her daughter, over-powered her and reigned terror on her. She injured her badly claiming she was responsible for her being dumped unceremoniously.

“The mother accused her daughter of going behind her back and soiling her good relationship with the hardware man. Were it not for the neighbours, the two would have killed each other that day,” the witness said.

The husband to the sub-chief, who resides in Kisumu, has not so far, come home to deal with the matter.

It is, however, alleged that upon getting tipped about what had transpired, he has threatened his wife with dire consequences upon his return before Christmas.

Crazy Monday has since learned that the county rep in question is full of drama.

She had been reported, three months ago, in this magazine having been caught stealing a drinking glass at a night club.

-The Standardmedia

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Chaos in Nyaribari Chache mini poll as MP slaps colleague

 Legislators allied to the CORD and Jubilee coalitions clashed inside the Kisii Central Police Station as chaos erupted following arrests of TNA agents suspected to be engaged in voter bribery.

Trouble ensued after Dagoretti North MP Simba Arati led a group of youth in arresting Dr Enock Monda, a brother to TNA candidate Dr Robert Monda, on claims that he was bribing voters.

Arati who was in a convoy of vehicles confronted the TNA agent outside Kisii Bottlers primary school and a chase ensued leading to the ‘citizen arrest’ at Jogoo estate.

Injured

Arati’s bodyguard had to shoot in the air to disperse a mob that threatened to lynch younger Monda who sustained injuries to the head before he was whisked to Kisii Central Police station.

On learning about the development, Kitutu Chache North MP Jimmy Angwenyi and former Kitutu Masaba MP Walter Nyambati stormed the station and demanded that the TNA agent be released.

As the duo engaged Kisii Central OCPD Tom Mutisya in his office, CORD legislators led by Women Reps Mary Otara (Kisii) and Gladys Wanga (Homabay) arrived and tried to force entry into the office.

An agitated Angwenyi slapped Wanga sparking an exchange of blows as police tried to intervene. Arati filed a statement and both Jubilee and CORD accused each other of using police to intimidate their supporters.

Returning officer Robert Ng’eny confirmed two men and one woman had been arrested on voter bribery allegations.

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Politician's son in club fight

A son of a prominent politician is alleged to have caused drama in a Westlands club where he was partying the night out with his girlfriends and friends who had returned home from the United States for the Christmas holidays. The young chap was in the company of his girlfriend and her two female friends. During the early morning hour, it is said that he excused himself to the bathroom only to come back and find his girlfriend exchanging phone numbers with one of his male friends. The move did not seem to go well with him and the two were involved in a nasty verbal war before leaving. Upon getting to the basement where their cars had been parked, it is said that the girlfriend ironically opted to drive in the other guy’s car saying the politician’s son was too drunk to drive her home. War broke loose and the two were only saved by bouncers who came on the rescue. None of the two guys went home with the girl — also said to be a daughter of a prominent businessman.
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