• Source: Inspector-general of police (Kenya)

The inspector-general of police, abbreviated as IGP, is the highest ranked officer of the Kenya Police Force, responsible for commanding and leading the Kenya Police. He is also in charge of overall and independent command and matter of the National Police Service. The position was established in 1964 as the commissioner of police. It was renamed to inspect-general of police in 2012, to serve as the head of the two police bodies of Kenya for a four-year term. The Kenya Police Service and the Administration Police Service is also headed by a deputy inspector-general who is appointed by the president of Kenya and approved by the parliament. The current inspector-general as of July 2024 is Douglas Kanja, CBS, in the acting capacity following the resignation of the previous IGP Eng. Japheth N. Koome, MGH.




List of officeholders






= Commissioner of police (1964–2012)

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Bernard Hinga 1964–1978
Ben Gethi 1978–1982
Bernard Njinu 1982–1988
Phillip Kilonzo 1988–1993
Shedrack Kiruki 1993–1996
Duncan Wachira 1996–1998
Philemon Abong’o 1998–2002
Edwin Nyaseda 2002–2003
Maj Gen. Mohammed Hussein Ali 2004–2009
Mathew Kirai Iteere 2009–2012




= Inspector-generals of police (2012–present)

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David Mwole Kimaiyo, 2012–2014
Samuel Arachi, acting and deputy inspector-general-Administration Police Service 31 December 2014 – 11 March 2015
Joseph Kipchirchir Boinett, 11 March 2015 – March 2019
Hillary Nzioki Mutyambai, 8 April 2019 – 27 September 2022
Japeth Koome, November 2022 – 2024
Douglas Kanja, 12 July 2024 - Present




References

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• Australian Security Intelligence Organisation
• Inspector-general of police
• Inspector-general of police (Kenya)
• Kenya Police
• Deputy inspector general of police
• Hillary Mutyambai
• Administration Police
• List of police ranks
• Uganda Police Force
• Namibian Police Force
• Inspector General of Police of the Ghana Police Service