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Petitioner wants Lagat's PA barred from assuming DIG duties

 Deputy Inspector General Kenya Police Service Eliud Lagat during a press briefing following Albert Omondi Ojwang's death in police custody at Central Police station, Nairobi. June 9, 2025. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

London-based activist Eliud Karanja Matindi has filed a petition in court seeking to stop Patrick Tito from acting as the Deputy Inspector General (DIG) in charge of Kenya Police in the absence of Eliud Lagat.

Tito was Lagat’s principal assistant while he was in office until the latter stepped aside.

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