Five line up for police board jobs

Five candidates were on Tuesday interviewed for positions on the board that will oversee the work of the police.

Former Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission director John Mutonyi, Nairobi Women’s Hospital boss Samuel Thenya, former police officers Mary Mwangangi and Mathew Kabetu, and Kenya Human Rights official Tom Kagwe, appeared before the panel interviewing applicants for posts on the Independent Policing Oversight Authority Board.

Dr Mutonyi was put to task over accusations of tribalism and nepotism while at the helm of the KACC.

But he denied the allegations, saying he never handled human resource and placement matters.

Tax evasion

On a 2006 case in which a senior police officer reported that six containers were imported but a total of 24 later left the Mombasa port, Dr Mutonyi said he referred the matter to the KRA because it involved tax evasion.

The interviews started on Monday when former prisons provincial commander Ambrose Ngare Ogeto, Mr Joseph Murithi, Mr Richard Onsongo, Mr Hassan Bardad and Mr Tororei Kipng’etich appeared before the panel.

Twenty six candidates were shortlisted from a list of 123 applicants. Mr Tache Bonsa Gollo of the Gender and Equity Commission chairs the panel.

Other members include chief of staff in the PM’s office Caroli Omondi, Internal Security permanent secretary Francis Kimemia and the human rights commission’s Fatuma Mohamed.