Interior CS Kindiki Slams IG Koome and the NPSC Over Police Promotions Scandal.

Interior CS Kindiki(Prof. Kindiki Kithure), Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration has chastised Inspector General Japhet Koome and National Police Service Commission (NPSC) Chairman Eliud Kinuthia following their public disagreement over police promotions.

Kindiki described the occurrence as “gross misconduct and high-level irresponsibility” on the part of the two top-ranking police officials, which could lead to their removal from office via a tribunal.

When he appeared before the National Assembly’s Departmental Committee on Administration and Internal Security, the CS cited differing interpretations of the Constitution, the National Police Service Act, and the National Police Commission Act as the source of the dispute.

Kindiki told the Gabriel Tongoyo-led committee that he had spoken individually with both officials and instructed them to resolve their differences internally and rationalize the selections that had been made.

He stated that the commission, which includes IG Koome and his two deputies, was meeting on Tuesday and expressed confidence that a solution would be found.

The Interior Secretary also accused the two top officials of being driven by ego and failing to prioritize national security.

Kindiki, on the other hand, refused to take sides in the saga, arguing that only the courts or the Attorney General would provide a clear path ahead on the turf battles that have rocked the two institutions since the 2010 Constitution’s publication.