President William Ruto Tuesday initiated the recruitment process for the next Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) by appointing the requisite selection panel.
In a Gazette Notice dated June 20, Ruto appointed a seven-member team to select nominees for appointment of the DPP position.
This follows the exit of ex-prosecutor Noordin Haji who was appointed the National Intelligence Service (NIS) Director General.
The members now responsible to pick the next DPP include Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission CEO Twalib Abdallah Mbarak and Central Organization of Trade Unions boss Francis Atwoli.
Others are Mary Kimonye (Principal Administrative Secretary, State Department for Public Service), Shadrack Mose (Solicitor general), Mary Adhiambo (Secretary – HRM and Development, State Department for Public Service), Roseline Odede (Chairperson of the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights) and Richard Obwocha.
The panel is supposed to meet to elect their chair and deputy before setting deadlines.
It will then declare the position vacant and call for applications for suitable candidates.
Haji had set the bar high and the next DPP will have to work hard to outshine him.
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The holder of the office is an independent one in many ways as no one is supposed to direct him or her on decisions made.
There is pressure for an insider to succeed Haji.
Among those being mentioned include the current deputy DPP Dorcas Oduor and her assistant Jecinta Nyamosi.
The law says the Director of Public Prosecutions shall hold office for a term of eight years and shall not be eligible for re-appointment.
