Uhuru skips launch of Kenya’s first forensic crime lab as departments fight

Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) boss George Kinoti?. [David Njaaga, Standard]

President Uhuru Kenyatta’s change of plan after he was expected to commission the new DCI lab at the DCI Headquarters on February 28 has yielded talk. The Sh4 billion forensic laboratory on Kiambu road, Nairobi, is one of the legacy projects the President is expected to commission before he leaves office after elections.

A week to this grand day, DCI headquarters was a hive of activity, with all plans...