By Cyrus Ombati
Nairobi, Kenya: Inspector General of Police David Kimaiyo has again unilaterally appointed and posted 130 new Officers Commanding Police Division (OCPDs) without involving the National Police Service Commission.
The commission has protested the move and said it is being systematically frustrated.
Appearing before the Parliamentary Committee on Implementation of the Constitution only a day after Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph ole Lenku downplayed differences between Kimaiyo and the commission, Chairman Johnston Kavuludi maintained the recent deployment of County Commanders was done outside the process they had initiated.
He said police drivers and bodyguards assigned to him and the commissioners have also been withdrawn and no reasons had been given.
“It is intimidating when you wake up to find you have no driver since he has a letter recalling him to the headquarters. It is a serious matter,” said Kavuludi.
The police boss made the changes days after he named 141 County Commanders.
The commission had opposed the appointments terming them unconstitutional.
On his part Kimaiyo said he is doing the deployment as part of efforts to ensure security in the country as much as he is not within the law.
