Top prison officers angling for Osugo's post after exit

Prisons Commissioner General Isaiah Osugo addressing Prisoners who were released on Presidential pardon at Nairobi West. [Photo by Jenipher Wachie/Standard]

Senior officers in the disciplined forces have launched intense behind-the-scenes lobbying for the post of Commissioner General of Prisons which is set to fall vacant when Isaiah Osugo leaves in August.

Mr Osugo, whose term was extended by President Uhuru Kenyatta for two years in 2016 after he attained the mandatory retirement age of 60, was last month cleared to continue serving by the Labour and Employment Relations Court.