President William Ruto named the commandant General Service Unit Douglas Kirocho Kanja as the new Deputy Inspector General of Kenya Police in changes in the service.
Kanja emerged top after interviews by the National Police Service Commission last week. Ruto made the changes on April 12.
He takes over from Edward Mbugua who retired from the service.
The acting DIG Abdallah Komesha was moved back to his former base at the DCI and named the head of the investigations bureau.
He took over from Eliud Lagat who was named the new commandant of GSU.
The recently named head of operations at Kenya Police Nyale Munga was moved to Kiganjo police college and named the commandant.
The new director of operations at KPS is Ranson Lolmodoni.
The outgoing commandant of Kiganjo Bruno Shioso was moved and named the director general of Kenya Coast Guard Service.
GSU is the single biggest, elite, and key unit in police operations with a population of about 12,000.
The first DIG under the 2010 constitution was Grace Kaindi in 2012, followed by Joel Kitili and Edward Mbugua.
