Kenya’s Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) General Charles Kahariri is under scrutiny over alleged political interference. Critics accuse him and National Intelligence Service (NIS) Director-General Noordin Haji of attempting to suppress the ‘Ruto Must Go’ protests. Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah warns that their involvement violates the Constitution, which mandates security agencies to remain neutral. As […]
Nairobi – President William Ruto hosted a critical security meeting at State House, Nairobi, with Noordin Haji, the Director General of Kenya’s National Intelligence Service (NIS), and Ambassador Redwan Hussien, Ethiopia’s Director General of the National Intelligence Security Service, on Saturday. In a post on his official X account, President Ruto emphasized that the discussions […]
Nairobi, Kenya – An alarming report from Human Rights Watch (HRW) sheds light on the shadowy operations behind Kenya’s surge in abductions, implicating special units within the country’s security apparatus. HRW has revealed the existence of the Operation Support Unit (OSU), a covert group within Kenya’s Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), which purportedly took over […]
The Law Society of Kenya has accused the Directorate of Criminal Investigations of interfering with the functions of the Director of Public Prosecutions. In a hard hitting statement, LSK says wrangles between the two entities on the trial of suspected murders of the late businessman Tob Cohen are likely to derail the case and pursuit […]
In a gazzate notice dated December 27th 2019, Noordin Haji, the head of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions has annulled the appointment of more than 300 prosecutors he had posted to 14 State agencies. DPP have chopped off 90 prosecutors initially posted to labour institiution. Also axed are environmental management and citizenship […]
Chama Cha Mawakili has threatened to moved to court to block the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji’s Taskforce Chair. Noordin had appointed former Chief Justice Bernard Chunga as a Chairman of a taskforce on establishing a DPP Inspectorate. Before this suit, Chunga was ,supposed, to lead the one month long Taskforce deputized by […]
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