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Blame ODPP for incompetent probes by anti-graft agency, DCI

Director of Public Prosecution Renson Mulele Ingonga, delivering his speech on 2nd November 2023 at Sarova Stanly Hotel in Nairobi, during International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against journalists. [Edward Kiplimo, Standard]

As the superintendent of all prosecutorial authority in Kenya, the Office of Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) wields constitutional power over the Independent Policing Oversight Authority, Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC).

The DPP, as the bearer of the prosecution burden can, lawfully, order these institutions to investigate any crime and supervise them to ensure professionalism.

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