Two senior police officers belonging to the disbanded DCI’s Special Services Unit (SSU) have been recalled and posted to new posts.
They were on forced leave as their juniors faced a probe into a case of two missing Indians and their Kenyan driver who went missing on July 23, 2022.
The team was disbanded in September and all 50 officers were sent on leave before some of them were last week recalled.
Other junior officers who were also on leave have been sent to various stations, officials aware of the developments said adding it was a relief for them.
About 12 others are facing investigations into the incident.
Last week, Pius Gitari who was the head of the unit was recalled from compulsory leave and transferred to Mandera as the County Criminal Investigations Officer (CCIO).
Gitari’s deputy, Alfred Njoka, who too has also been on compulsory leave, has been posted to Western Regional Criminal Investigations Officer’s (RCIO) office, officials said.
SSU officers were mainly used to carry out special duties such as raids.
The posting of the two senior officers came barely two days after the 12 junior SSU officers who had been detained over the disappearance of two Indians and their Kenyan taxi driver were released on free personal bonds.
Kahawa Law Courts Chief Magistrate Diana Mochache, who has been appointed a High Court judge released officers, Chief Inspector Peter Muthee, John Kamau, Joseph Mbugua, Joseph Mbaya, David Kipsoi, Stephen Mutunda, Paul Muriithi, Francis Ndonye and Simon Gikonyo who had been in police custody for almost 40 days on a personal bond.
Mochache also released four other officers Corporal Hillary Limo, Constable Elkana Mugendi, Constable Boniface Otieno and Constable Fredrick Thuku Kamau from the unit who were arrested on Wednesday and arraigned on Thursday under the same terms.
The officers’ lawyer Danstan Omari had opposed the prosecution saying the police had more than enough time to complete investigations as well as have the officers’ DNA tested.
he samples will now be taken on a day to be agreed upon between the prosecutors and the lawyers of the suspects.