Officers’ horror as audit includes lie detector test

Director General of the National Intelligence Service, Maj-Gen Philip Wachira Kameru. NIS has provided background information on all officers. [File, Standard]

A multi-agency team that reports directly to President Uhuru Kenyatta has adopted a secretive strategy in the ongoing lifestyle audit.

Some of the close to 1,000 public officers under investigation targeting those suspended nearly two months ago tell of a covert operation, from how one is picked up till they are delivered to highly secure residences, where the panel of interrogators operate from.