President Kibaki security boss out in police shuffle

The man in charge of President Mwai Kibaki’s security has been replaced in a reshuffle of top police officers.

Mr Benson Kibui, who was the head of presidential escort, the President’s bodyguard, has been on the job since 2005 when he took over from the current Commissioner of Police, Mr Mathew Iteere.

Mr Kibui has been replaced with his deputy, Mr Kitili Mwendwa. He has been deployed to Western as the provincial police boss, replacing Mr King’ori Mwangi, who has been posted to police headquarters as deputy director of police reforms.

Appointments of county police bosses in accordance with the new Constitution will follow, Mr Iteere said.

Questions were raised early this month when Mr Kibui was excluded from a presidential delegation to the Comesa summit in Swaziland.

At the time, there was speculation he may have fallen foul of some members of the first family after the President attended Foreign Affairs minister Moses Wetangula’s daughter wedding in Nairobi.