14th March 2019
by Hon Mbula Mutula
The New IG in town:
When curtains came down on Joseph Kipchirchir Boinnet’s four-year tenure as Inspector General of Police on Monday, March 11, it was anyone’s guess who would be appointed to succeed him.
Amid the uncertainty and anxiety, President Uhuru Kenyatta in an Executive Order after Parliament whipped the National Police Service commission Powers to nominate and vet IG before officially submitting the name to the President for formal appointment. On Wednesday nominated Hillary Nzioki Mutyambai — a little-known top spy — to head the National Police Service.
Mutyambai is a trained police officer whose stellar career in the police service saw him rise from a junior officer in the then Kenya Police Force in 1991 to the rank of Superintendent of Police before joining the then Directorate of Security Intelligence in 1998.
In the intelligence outfit he continued to rise the ranks to become the Deputy Director in charge of Counter Terrorism in the National Intelligence Service.
In his role as the Deputy Director in-charge of Countering Terrorism, Mutyambai is credited for working closely with police and military units in the fight against terrorism in the country.
Mutyambai holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Nairobi and a Master’s of Arts degree in National Security Policy from the Australian National University — the same institution where Joseph Boinnet acquired his Master’s degree.
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