Kinoti headed Kanga squad in 2005 - and brought the killer squad back and gave them bigger platform
MEMBERS OF DREADED 'KANGA' SQUAD GETS NEW LEASE OF LIFE UNDER NEW DCI BOSS GEORGE KINOTI (Daily Nation)
[The country’s top sleuth, George Kinoti, seems intent on giving his former colleagues at the defunct Kanga Squad the front row seats at the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) as he moves to dismantle his predecessor Ndegwa Muhoro’s entrenched networks. Since his appointment in January, Mr Kinoti has led an institution-wide purge of senior officers and replaced them mostly with former members of the one-time specialised unit whose mandate was to pursue and subdue hardened criminals. In its heyday, Kanga Squad was blamed for numerous extra-judicial killings, including the daylight execution of two suspects in the middle of Lang’ata road on January 19, 2011. These former members of the Kanga Squad have formed Mr Kinoti’s inner circle as he reorganises the directorate. The Sunday Nation has learnt that Mr Kinoti has even invited them to his homecoming today, which will also be used to raise funds to support a local church at his rural home in Meru County. These former Kanga Squad members have been involved in organising the event.]