Inspector General of Police nominee Japhet Koome appears before the National Security Committee for vetting at County Hall, Nairobi. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]
Koome was nominated to replace the former IG Hillary Mutyambai by President William Ruto on September 27.
This was after Mutyambai proceeded on terminal leave ahead of the expiration of his term in office.
Koome previously served as the Nairobi County Police Commander and Commandant of the National Police Service College in Kiganjo.
He will be replaced by Bruno Shioso, formerly the police spokesperson. In turn, the new police spokesperson will be Dr Resila Onyango.
If approved, Koome will proceed to take the oath of office in a ceremony overseen by Chief Justice Martha Koome.