President William Ruto on Wednesday, January 4, revealed that he fired former Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) boss, George Kinoti owing to the extrajudicial killings that occurred at the time.
Speaking during a joint interview at State House, the president disclosed that he could not allow the country to continue suffering over multiple killings that went without justice.
He pointed out that the former DCI boss, who led a team that was involved in the spate of killings, had to be shown the door.
The head of state noted that he had tasked the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) to expedite the probe involving the various murders and bring the culprits to book.
“I had a thorough meeting with IPOA and we have agreed that it is not necessary for us to establish another task force when IPOA is there and it is squarely within their mandate to tell us how Kenyans ended up being killed in this manner and it was business as usual,” he stated.
“Thirty bodies in Yala, 17 in Garissa, there was a container here at Nairobi area where people were being slaughtered, in a police station…how did we end up there? What kind of rogue institution was that? And that is why I fired that Kinoti man because it’s not right. There will be responsibility," Ruto stated.
Ruto's statement, however, contradicted his previous remarks in September 2022 during the formation of his Cabinet. At the time, Ruto announced that the former DCI boss had tendered his resignation.
"I have received the resignation of DCI Kinoti and I have transmitted the same to the National Police Service (NPS) to proceed with advertising the job and get someone to act in the position," Ruto initially stated.
In addition, the president noted that the criminal justice system had been used by the former administration to wedge a political witch hunt on his allies.
While addressing Kenyans, Ruto promised not to use his office to influence or settle political scores against his adversaries.
