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High expectations in search for new DPP as Haji set to exit

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Outgoing Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Noordin Haji who has been appointed the National Intelligence Service (NIS) boss. [File, Standard]

President William Ruto's appointment of Director of Public Prosecution Noordin Haji as the new head of the National Intelligence Service (NIS) has set in motion the battle for his successor.

Seasoned criminal lawyers and senior figures at the Office of the Director of Public Prosecution are angling to take over from Haji whose eight-year contract was cut short when the President made him the chief spymaster.

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