Japhet Koome, if approved by Parliament, will replace Hillary Mutyambai as the Inspector-General of Police.
He was nominated by President William Ruto on Tuesday, September 27.
- Recruited into police service in 1981 as a graduate constable
- First posting was in Nairobi as a police constable before moving to the Anti-Stock Theft Unit in Gilgil
- Promoted to the rank of Inspector of Police while serving in Gilgil and stayed there until 1998
- 1998: Transferred from the Anti-Stock Theft Unit to Buruburu as the deputy divisional commander
- Was among officers who received anti-terrorism training at the Louisiana State Police Training Academy, US following the 1998 bomb blast in Nairobi
- He was transferred to Machakos and promoted to OCPD after the US training before being recalled to Buruburu
- In 2002, he was transferred to the City Centre to deal with bank robberies
- He then moved to Kiganjo Training College as an instructor
- 2005: Moved to Police Headquarters in 2005 to be in charge of police housing before moving up to become director of policy planning
- In 2015, he was transferred to Nairobi city as the commandant
- After the 2017 elections, he was transferred to Kenya Police Service headquarters as principal deputy Inspector-general
- 2019 wastransferred to the National Police training college, Kiganjo as the commandant
