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Ni baada ya Rais William Ruto hivi karibuni kusema Maafisa wa (SSU) wanahusika na mauaji na kupotea kwa watu katika mazingira ya kutatanisha.
Wamewekwa chini ya ulinzi na kuhojiwa kwa saa 48 wakituhumiwa na kupotea kwa Zulfiqar Ahmad Khan na Mohamed Zaid Sami Kidwai, wafanyabiashara wa Kihindi na dereva wao Mkenya Nicodemus Mwange.
Rais Ruto mara kwa mara amekuwa akitoa madai ya` Jeshi la Polisi kugeuka kuwa kikosi cha mauaji badala ya kutoa ulinzi kwa wananchi wake.
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Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) officers spent the better part of yesterday morning grilling their colleagues who served in the disbanded Special Service Unit (SSU), which was formed by former top detective George Kinoti in 2019.
On Sunday, acting Inspector-General of Police Noor Gabow disbanded the SSU, in a move that was later confirmed by President Dr William Ruto, who accused the unit of engaging in extra-judicial killings.
The Nation has established that the past two days have been hectic for the officers who were suspended immediately after the unit was disbanded and put on 24-hour surveillance.
The grilling of the former SSI officers centred mainly around the disappearance of two Indians; Zulfiqar Ahmad Khan and Mohamed Zaid Sami Kidwai, in an incident that threatens the diplomatic ties between Kenya and India.
On the day the two went missing, they were in the company of Mr Nicodemus Mwania Mwange, a Kenyan who worked as their driver.
“The officers have for the past two days been grilled over the whereabouts of the two Indians and a Kenyan driver who was with them when they were kidnapped. So far they have denied knowledge of the whereabouts of the two, insisting they were not involved,” a detective privy to the matter and who spoke in confidence as they are not authorised to address the media, said.
After the disbandment of the unit, the officers who worked there were ordered to surrender their firearms and government wares in their possession.
They spent the better part of two days recording statements at the Internal Affairs Unit (IAU) in Upper Hill, Nairobi County.
The Nation learnt that they were asked to give an account of where they were on July 25, 26 and 27.
The two Indians and their driver went missing on the night of July 26 after they left a popular joint in Westlands.
Newly appointed DCI boss Amin Mohamed Ibrahim issued a statement announcing the disbandment of the SSU just a day after he assumed office.
“The DCI Special Service Unit (SSU) has been disbanded with immediate effect. This follows a directive from the Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr Noor Gabow. All officers serving in the disbanded unit have been recalled to DCI Headquarters for further instructions,” the DCI said on its official Twitter page, adding that the NPS was preparing to reorganise under the new administration.
Interestingly, the new DCI boss is the immediate former head of IAU, the department that is mandated to receive and investigate complaints against police officers.
The IAU was formed on July 15, 2013 and is housed in separate premises from the rest of the NPS.
The unit investigates and makes recommendations once they find an officer to have broken the law.
It may recommend interdiction, suspension or reprimanding of the officer concerned.
Hours after the disbandment of the unit was made public, President Ruto, while speaking in Kericho County, said members of the police unit had become killers, instead of protectors, of ordinary Kenyans.
"The country was very insecure. The police changed and became killers instead of protectors of ordinary Kenyans. I have ordered the disbandment of a Special Police Unit that was killing Kenyans arbitrarily. We will change this country for the better," Dr Ruto said.
A police source told the Nation that some detectives had been tasked with tracing the whereabouts of the two foreigners and their driver but to no avail.
“Some officers were sent to Aberdare Forest but nothing has been found so far. Efforts to trace the three are still ongoing,” said the source.
On July 26, 2022, at 12:30pm, the three, who were coming from Westlands, were stopped by two vehicles near Ole Sereni hotel and bundled into a waiting unmarked motor vehicle, which soon after sped off. The men who abducted them wore face masks and carried rifles.
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Wamewekwa chini ya ulinzi na kuhojiwa kwa saa 48 wakituhumiwa na kupotea kwa Zulfiqar Ahmad Khan na Mohamed Zaid Sami Kidwai, wafanyabiashara wa Kihindi na dereva wao Mkenya Nicodemus Mwange.
Rais Ruto mara kwa mara amekuwa akitoa madai ya` Jeshi la Polisi kugeuka kuwa kikosi cha mauaji badala ya kutoa ulinzi kwa wananchi wake.
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Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) officers spent the better part of yesterday morning grilling their colleagues who served in the disbanded Special Service Unit (SSU), which was formed by former top detective George Kinoti in 2019.
On Sunday, acting Inspector-General of Police Noor Gabow disbanded the SSU, in a move that was later confirmed by President Dr William Ruto, who accused the unit of engaging in extra-judicial killings.
The Nation has established that the past two days have been hectic for the officers who were suspended immediately after the unit was disbanded and put on 24-hour surveillance.
The grilling of the former SSI officers centred mainly around the disappearance of two Indians; Zulfiqar Ahmad Khan and Mohamed Zaid Sami Kidwai, in an incident that threatens the diplomatic ties between Kenya and India.
On the day the two went missing, they were in the company of Mr Nicodemus Mwania Mwange, a Kenyan who worked as their driver.
“The officers have for the past two days been grilled over the whereabouts of the two Indians and a Kenyan driver who was with them when they were kidnapped. So far they have denied knowledge of the whereabouts of the two, insisting they were not involved,” a detective privy to the matter and who spoke in confidence as they are not authorised to address the media, said.
After the disbandment of the unit, the officers who worked there were ordered to surrender their firearms and government wares in their possession.
They spent the better part of two days recording statements at the Internal Affairs Unit (IAU) in Upper Hill, Nairobi County.
The Nation learnt that they were asked to give an account of where they were on July 25, 26 and 27.
The two Indians and their driver went missing on the night of July 26 after they left a popular joint in Westlands.
Newly appointed DCI boss Amin Mohamed Ibrahim issued a statement announcing the disbandment of the SSU just a day after he assumed office.
“The DCI Special Service Unit (SSU) has been disbanded with immediate effect. This follows a directive from the Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr Noor Gabow. All officers serving in the disbanded unit have been recalled to DCI Headquarters for further instructions,” the DCI said on its official Twitter page, adding that the NPS was preparing to reorganise under the new administration.
Interestingly, the new DCI boss is the immediate former head of IAU, the department that is mandated to receive and investigate complaints against police officers.
The IAU was formed on July 15, 2013 and is housed in separate premises from the rest of the NPS.
The unit investigates and makes recommendations once they find an officer to have broken the law.
It may recommend interdiction, suspension or reprimanding of the officer concerned.
Hours after the disbandment of the unit was made public, President Ruto, while speaking in Kericho County, said members of the police unit had become killers, instead of protectors, of ordinary Kenyans.
"The country was very insecure. The police changed and became killers instead of protectors of ordinary Kenyans. I have ordered the disbandment of a Special Police Unit that was killing Kenyans arbitrarily. We will change this country for the better," Dr Ruto said.
A police source told the Nation that some detectives had been tasked with tracing the whereabouts of the two foreigners and their driver but to no avail.
“Some officers were sent to Aberdare Forest but nothing has been found so far. Efforts to trace the three are still ongoing,” said the source.
On July 26, 2022, at 12:30pm, the three, who were coming from Westlands, were stopped by two vehicles near Ole Sereni hotel and bundled into a waiting unmarked motor vehicle, which soon after sped off. The men who abducted them wore face masks and carried rifles.
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