Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) boss Mohammed Amin has been forced to review a list of detectives set to attend training in India after it emerged that some of his juniors sneaked their close relatives into the travelling party.
The training, funded by India’s government, is intended to run for two weeks starting February 23 and enhance the skills of 30 DCI officers.
Part of the curriculum entails equipping junior officers with skills and knowledge on intelligence gathering, surveillance and intelligence analysis.
Mr Amin nullified the list of selected individuals and oversaw its reconstruction after a senior DCI official tried to sneak his wife and sister-in-law into the group that leaves for New Delhi on Saturday.
DCI boss Amin Mohamed.
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A highly placed source familiar with operations at the DCI headquarters told the Nation that when the invite arrived, the senior officer did not communicate to the junior officers as is the procedure.
Instead, he went ahead to draw up a list that included his two relatives.
Last Friday, when the final list of officers was presented to Mr Amin, who is said to have been briefed on the behind-the-scenes shenanigans, he ordered for a review of the list.
Mr Amin is also said to have directed that the names of the senior officer’s relatives be deleted before he could approve the list for travel and payment of allowances.
Yesterday, Mr Amin did not respond to our calls and text messages inquiring about the happenings and any further action that may be taken.
Another officer familiar with the affairs said that Mr Amin finally cleared 30 officers to travel for the training, excluding the names of the two relatives of the senior officer.
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations Headquarters in Nairobi.
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“They (the officers) will travel this Saturday. They have all been cleared after vetting by the bosses,” said the officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Foreign Government such UK, US have been offering training opportunities for police officers in efforts to boost the DCI capacity in dealing with issues of terrorism and cybercrimes.
The DCI has also received donations in form of vehicles and equipment from donor countries as part of the efforts to support local police.
Last Friday, Amin received two vehicles from the Asset Recovery Agency to boost the DCI operations.
At a ceremony held at the DCI headquarters on Kiambu Road, Amin said the vehicle donated by ARA would boost the DCI in investigations of money laundering, terrorism financing and fraud investigations.
“We shall persist in investigating perpetrators of money laundering and make the illicit business a very expensive affair. Such is the language criminals understand when we say that crime does not pay “Amin said in a message on the DCI Facebook page.
