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Masengeli unfit to hold public office, lawyers say of defiant IG

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Acting Police Inspector General (IG) of Police Gilbert Masengeli addresses the press on 7th August 2024 at Jogoo House in Nairobi. [File, Standard]

Moments after Acting Inspector General of Police Gilbert Masengeli defied court summons for the seventh time, some of the country's legal minds sought to have the court declare him unsuitable to hold public office.

Former Law Society of Kenya presidents Nelson Havi and Eric Theuri yesterday asked High Court Judge Lawence Mugambi to commit Masengeli to civil jail for a period of six months for defying court orders.

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