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Criminal Investigation Department (Kenya)

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The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), previously referred to as Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is a department of the National Police Service mainly responsible for investigation. The current Director is Mr. Mohamed Ibrahim Amin [1][2] The Director reports to the Inspector General of Police. Due to the sensitivity of the position, the Director of the DCI[3] is appointed by the President of Kenya. The DCI headquarters are located on Kiambu Road, Nairobi.[4] The Directorate of Criminal Investigations derives her mandate from Article 247 of the Constitution of Kenya and through the National Police Service Act 2011 which establishes the Directorate as an organ of the National Police Service (NPS).


This Department is further divided into sub-departments, namely:

Directorates at Headquarters

  • Administration Directorate
  • Operations Directorate
  • Investigation Directorate
  • Forensic Directorate
  • Special Operations Group (SOG)
  • Crime Research Intelligence Bureau
  • National Central Bureau
  • Counter Terrorism Centre of Excellence
  • Serious Crime Unit (SCU)
  • Operations Support Unit (OSU)
  • Crime Research and Intelligence Bureau (CRIB)
  • Operations Action Team (OAT)
  • Criminal Intelligence Unit (CIU)
  • Transnational Organized Crime Unit
  • Public Complaints Department
  • Inspections Department
  • Logistics Department
  • Reforms Department
  • Legal & Crime Affairs Department
  • Motor Vehicle Verifications Department

Disbanded sub-branches

  • Special Service Unit (SSU)
  • Flying squad

Formations

  • Anti Terrorist Police Unit (ATPU)
  • Sting Squad Headquarters (SSH)
  • Kenya Airports Police Unit (KAPU)
  • Kenya Railways Police Unit (KRPU)
  • DCI Academy

Regional and County Command Level

DCI command spreads out from the Headquarters to regions, counties, sub-counties, and DCI offices in their service provision. At the regional level, there are Regional Criminal Investigations Officers (RCIOs) who are directly responsible to the Director for the effective administration of their respective regions.

In every county, the DCI is headed by a County Criminal Investigation Officer (CCIO) who reports to the RCIOs. Under CCIOs are the Sub-County Criminal Investigation Officers (SCCIOs) and Officers in-charge of Sub-offices in crime-prone areas.

There are 8 regional, 47 County Directorate Offices and 3 Formations (ATPU, KAPU, DCI Academy & KRPU) and over 297 Sub-counties countrywide. The RCIOs who replaced the former Provincial Criminal Investigations Officers (PCIOs) manage counties within their regions and report to the Director on all matters affecting the Directorate.

Functions of DCI[5]

  • To collect and provide criminal intelligence;
  • To undertake investigations on serious crimes including homicide, narcotics crimes, human trafficking, money laundering, terrorism, economic crimes, piracy, organized crimes, and cybercrime, among others;
  • To maintain law and order;
  • To detect and prevent crimes;
  • To apprehend offenders;
  • To maintain criminal records;
  • To conduct forensic analysis.
  • To execute the directions given to the Inspector-General by the Director of Public Prosecutions pursuant to Article 157 (4) of the Kenyan constitution.
  • To investigate any matter that may be referred to it by the Independent Police Oversight Authority (IPOA)


Completion of Forensic Science Laboratory

Kenya's DCI is tasked primarily with intelligence gathering and evidence collection where crimes of a complex nature have occurred. The accomplishment of the above received a major boost following the completion of the police forensic laboratory.

The over Ksh 5.7B forensic lab is fully equipped ,staffed and is located at its headquarters at Mazingira House, Kiambu Road.[6]

The Biological, Chemistry, Toxicological and DNA laboratories are housed in the National Police Service Forensic Laboratory. Detectives have embraced science to solve complex crimes. Detectives are now able to analyze samples collected from the scenes of serious crimes such as murders, attempted murders, hijackings, house robberies, and possession of illegal firearms, a departure from the past.[7]

Directors of Criminal Investigations

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S/NO. RANK NAME FROM TO
1. SUPERINTENDENT IN CHARGE MR. NEIL STEWART M.M 1935 1949
2. ACP Mr. Alfred William Riggs 1950 1951
3. ACP MR. JOHN TIMMERMAN 1951 1955
4. ACP MR. HUGH R. WALKER 1956 1957
5. S/ACP MR. LESLIE.G MITCHELL 1957 1960
6. S/ACP MR. THOMAS P. McBRIERLEY 1960 1965
7. S/ACP MR. PETER O. OCHIENG 1965 1974
8. DCP MR. IGNATIUS I. NDERI 1974 1984
9. S/DCP MR. NOAH N. TOO 1984 1999
10. S/DCPI MR. FRANCIS K. SANG 1999 2003
11. S/DCPII MR. DANIEL T. NDUNG’U 2003 2004
12. SDCP1 MR. JOSEPH M.KAMAU 2004 2006
13. DCP MR. SIMON K. GATIBA 2006 2010
14. DCI MR. FRANCIS N. MUHORO 2010 2018
15. DCI MR. GEORGE M. KINOTI 2018 2022
16. DCI MR. MOHAMED IBRAHIM AMIN 2022 Present

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Home". www.cid.go.ke. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  2. ^ "National Police Service website".
  3. ^ "Functions of Director of Criminal Investigations in Kenya". AfroCave. 23 November 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Directorate of Criminal Investigation". www.nationalpolice.go.ke. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  5. ^ "Functions of Directorate Of Criminal Investigations in Kenya". AfroCave. 20 May 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Directorate Of Criminal Investigation Kenya- CID; Component Units – Strategic Intelligence Service". 15 May 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  7. ^ Aronson, Samuel L. (21 March 2024). "(2010) Crime and Development in Kenya". Inquiries Journal. 2 (9).
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