Detectives From Disbanded SSU Squad Sent On Leave As Some Questioned Over Missing Foreigners

NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 18- Nearly 100 officers of the disbanded Special Service Unit (SSU) have been sent on compulsory leave, as Human Rights Organizations call for compensation to families of victims of extrajudicial killings.

Others want a Commission of Inquiry formed to unravel the extent of the vice over the years and appropriate action taken against those found culpable.

Shahidi News has established that the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) officers who were attached to the unit will remain on leave for 30 days.

This comes barely a few days after acting Inspector General of Police Noor Gabow announced that the unit had been disbanded.

President William Ruto said he directed its disbandment, further noting that the unit had been involved in extrajudicial killings and cases of enforced disappearance.

Already, a few officers have been questioned over the disappearance of two Indian nationals. Their driver, a Kenyan, was also reportedly abducted.

Their fate and whereabouts remain a mystery. They are said to have been abducted outside a City hotel located along Mombasa Road.

They had arrived in the country to help President Ruto set up an IT team during the August,9 General Elections.

All this happens before the new DCI boss Amin Mohammed assumes office. He is set to be sworn in on Wednesday morning.

He was formally at the Internal Affairs Unit and has been hailed for professionally running an organization tasked with policing the law enforcers.

The disbanded unit has over the years been tasked with fighting serious crimes in the country as well as arresting a section of politicians.

Drastic reforms are expected at the Directorate of Criminal Investigations.