A senior detective from the elite Special Service Unit was on Friday directed to hand over his office and proceed on leave.
According to insiders, the decision to force the unit's senior manager out shows that President William Ruto's government had no intention of keeping the dreaded police crux squad.
Speaking in Kericho during an interdenominational prayer service the President let the cat out of the bag accusing the offficers of turning into killers instead of protectors.
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