Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) boss George Kinoti has announced plans to recruit police graduates for a new spy unit based at its Kiambu headquarters.
Kinoti noted that members of the new unit - Public Crime Advisory Team - would be trained both locally and internationally for the new role.
"We have had several squads that deal with armed robberies, special crimes, homicides and terrorism, but we need a proactive team to deal with cybercrime, human trafficking, misuse of ICT gadgets, banking fraud and corruption.
"Crimes keep changing as technology advances, that's why we need a competent team to deal with them," Kinoti stated.
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The new unit is part of the institutional reforms the DCI boss has been undertaking in an overhaul of the investigations department.
Massive transfers of Divisional Criminal Investigations Officers and 700 other officers have been witnessed over the past few weeks.
In line with the reforms, graduates working in the DCI were on Thursday recalled to the Kiambu headquarters where they underwent tests on forensics, ballistic, economic crimes and land fraud.
"The graduates were vetted to identify what units they would best fit in.
"We want to make use of their skills in order to revamp the specialised units but we must conduct a scrutiny of their conduct," Kinoti explained.
The DCI director added that the new teams would be constituted of officers whose integrity cannot be questioned to ensure that even high ranking members of society are charged when they commit crimes.
"There have been complaints that only the poor land in jail as the people they work for to squander money from the government go free. We want to put an end to this by absorbing people who cannot be easily manipulated," he assured.
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