Directorate of Criminal Investigations boss Mohamed Ibrahim Amin addressing the media at the DCI headquarters in Kiambu Road on June 30, 2025.
A two-year contract for the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) director, Mohammed Amin, ends today, April 1.
Mr Amin has been serving on contract after attaining the mandatory retirement age of 60 years in 2024.
Born on October 1, 1964, according to official records, he was sworn into office on October 19, 2022, when he was 58 years old.
In 2024, he secured the two-year contract extension, alongside then Deputy Inspector General of Police, Douglas Kanja, now Inspector General of Police, who had also attained the mandatory retirement age of 60 years.
While Mr Amin’s contract expires today, Mr Kanja’s term runs until September 2028 when his four-year-constitutional mandate will end.
Yesterday, the Nation established that President William Ruto met Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen and Mr Kanja at State House.
Asked whether his contract had been extended or he will be leaving office, Mr Amin replied yesterday: “We will cross that bridge when we get there.”
He spoke in Kericho, where he was following up on investigations into the mass grave found with 32 bodies.
Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) Mohammed Amin.
The Nation contacted State House spokesman Hussein Mohammed who referred us to Mr Murkomen. The CS had not responded to our calls and text messages by the time of going to press.
Inquiries to National Police Service Commission chairperson Yuda Komora on the fate of the DCI boss were not responded to.
Dr Komora did not respond to queries sent via short text message and WhatsApp.
The Nation had sought a comment on the imminent expiry of Mr Amin’s contract, if the matter had been discussed at the commission and whether a decision, if any, had been reached.
The Nation learnt of extensive lobbying for the position of DCI boss after it emerged that the president was unlikely to extend Mr Amin’s contract.
While some people close to the president reportedly wanted Mr Amin’s contract extended, the DCI boss faces opposition from some politicians, colleagues and some senior government officers.
Several senior police officers are said to be jostling for the post.
And next year’s General Election is also said to be influencing decisions given the role by security chiefs during elections.
Sources said another group of politicians allied to ODM has also met the president and petitioned him to retire Mr Amin as part of the re-organisation in readiness for the 2027 polls.
Any changes at the DCI are also likely to trigger more changes in the National Police Service leadership, sources say.
Yesterday, Law Society of Kenya President Charles Kanjama told the Nation Mr Amin could continue with his work as DCI boss, but for a limited period of time.
“He can continue working for a short time until someone else is appointed to take over from him,” said Mr Kanjama.
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DCI Director Mohammed Amin (left) and FBI Director Christopher Wray at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport on June 12, 2024.
Mr Kanjama, however, warned that working without a formal appointment was likely to make the DCI vulnerable and under the control of his bosses.
“Without a formal appointment, you are vulnerable as you will be working to please your bosses,” said Mr Kanjama
Mr Amin’s tenure in office was rocked by the 2024 and 2025 Gen Z-led anti-government protests and subsequent abductions of State critics.
Police killed at least 50 people during the brutal crackdown on protestors.
“The Commission received and documented 661 complaints on violations of the right to freedom and security of the person between December 2024 and December 2025, and regrets the resurgence of cases of arbitrary detentions and torture, including abductions, and enforced disappearances allegedly committed by security officials. During the period under review 15 cases of abduction were reported,” the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights stated in a report released last year.
Undercover police officers, who reportedly included DCI officers, were accused of orchestrating the spate of abductions.
KNCHR also expressed concern over the inconclusive criminal investigations by the DCI into the discovery of mutilated bodies at Mukuru Kwa Njenga quarry in July 2024.
Before his appointment, Mr Amin headed the police Internal Affairs Unit that managed to crack a case in which 15 officers were arrested and prosecuted over the disappearance of two Indian nationals; Zulfiqar Ahmed Khan and Mohammed Zaid Sami, and their taxi driver, Nicodemus Mwania. The Indian nationals were reportedly part of Dr Ruto’s presidential campaigns in the lead-up to the 2022 elections.
After investigations, 15 police officers were charged with the abduction and disappearance of the three men. The matter is still pending in court.
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