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Why Uhuru picked military men and spies to key posts

Police Inspector General nominee Hillary Mutyambai.

When Hillary Nzioki Mutyambai was named successor of Inspector General of Police Joseph Boinnet, it did not come as a surprise to many, owing to the lobbying that had been going on.

Mutyambai joins a list of more than a dozen top officials from the military and the National Intelligence Service (NIS) who have joined the civil service in the past five years. He is currently the deputy director in charge of counter terrorism at the NIS.

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