Kenya: Fida Exposes Lawmakers' Plot On Police Jobs

19 December 2012

Nairobi — The Kenya Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) on Wednesday claimed that there was a plot by Parliament to delete gender provisions from the National Police Service Act to lock out women from the top three appointments of the Police Service.

FIDA chairperson Ruth Odhiambo argued that MPs were planning to sneak in the changes in order to ensure that David Kimaiyo, Ndegwa Muhoro and Samuel Arachi got appointed as Inspector General, Deputy Inspector General in charge of Police and Deputy Inspector General in charge of Administration Police, respectively, without having to abide by the one-third gender rule.

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