Kindiki says no clash of roles between IG Koome and Police Commission
Cabinet Secretary for Interior Kithure Kindiki and Inspector General of Police Japhet Koome before Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security on the deployment of Kenya Police officers to Haiti.
The CS argued that either the IG usurped the powers of the commission or the commission was trying to ignore the input and critical recommendations of the commanders of National Police Service
While the two may disagree from time to time, the CS said they often should agree owing to the sensitive nature of their work failure to which they are likely to jeopardise issues of national security
He added that the constitution placed two of IG’s deputies in the commission, so that the initial technical document for consideration by the commission, especially on transfers, comes from them
The law has not created any ambiguities between the roles of the National Police Service Commission and the Inspector General of Police, Interior CS Kithure Kindiki has said.
Appearing before the National Assembly’s Committee on Constitutional Implementation Oversight Committee (CIOC) on Thursday morning, the CS said the recent differences between the IG and the commission stemmed from the commission feeling that they must delegate the power to promote over 500 police officers and the IG feeling he does not require delegation.
