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Parliament summons IG Kanja as wrangles pitting police, commission escalate

The Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja briefing the press following Albert Omondi Ojwang's death in police custody at Central Police station, Nairobi on Monday, June 9, 2025. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

Parliament has now summoned Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja amid escalated supremacy wrangles pitting the National Police Service (NPS) against the National Police Service Commission (NPSC).

This was after the commission’s chief executive Peter Lelei appeared before the National Assembly Public Accounts Committee (PAC) yesterday, where he lamented the intentional placement of bottlenecks by IG Kanja to hinder the commission from executing its mandate.

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