No, Munga Nyale was not appointed as the next DCI by President Ruto. - iVerify Kenya

No, Munga Nyale was not appointed as the next DCI by President Ruto.

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On October 2022, President William Ruto appointed Amin Mohamed Ibrahim as the new Director, Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), succeeding George Kinoti.

Amin is the National Police Service’s outgoing Head of Internal Affairs Unit. He beat out nine other candidates for the position. The National Police Service Commission received more than 160 applications to succeed Kinoti, but only ten were chosen.

President Ruto stated in a Gazette Notice dated October 14, 2022 that Amin will be in charge of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI).

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Verified Oct, 24 2022

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President William Ruto appoints Munga Nyale as the new Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI), replacing George Kinoti.

Rating Justification

The iVerify Network of Fact-Checking Desks has fact-checked this content and established that it is False.

To arrive to this conclusion, the iVerify Network of Fact-Checking Desks has conducted the following process. We found a Gazette Notice dated October 14, 2022 posted on the Kenya Police Service’s Twitter account on October 15 about President William Ruto’s selection of Amin Mohamed Ibrahim as the new Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) boss.

State House Kenya also issued a tweet on the appointment of the new DCI Director on October 15, 2022, announcing that the Head of State has appointed Mr Amin as Director, Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI).

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