After serving the country for 30 years, Kinoti yesterday afternoon handed over the mantle to Dr Massa, who until his appointment in an acting capacity by the National Police Service Commission (NPSC), was the deputy DCI.
Dr Massa, who was in May promoted to be the deputy DCI following the retirement of Joseph Ashimala, was for a long time the director of the Anti-Narcotics Unit (ANU), one of the main departments within the DCI.
Charged with the responsibility of preventing the entry, export, trade or consumption of prohibited drugs, Dr Massa as the head of ANU has been behind some of the largest drug busts in the country in recent years including the extradition of the Akasha brothers.
George Kinoti, the would-be priest turned Kenya’s top detective, yesterday handed over the helm of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) to his deputy Hamsi Salim Massa ending a tumultuous five-year period that started with a lot of promise but got caught up in succession politics.
After serving the country for 30 years, Kinoti yesterday afternoon handed over the mantle to Dr Massa, who until his appointment in an acting capacity by the National Police Service Commission (NPSC) was the deputy DCI.
