{"id":73908,"date":"2022-11-09T15:35:25","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T15:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/parliament-set-to-approve-koome-as-next-police-ig"},"modified":"2022-11-09T15:58:55","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T15:58:55","slug":"parliament-set-to-approve-koome-as-next-police-ig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/parliament-set-to-approve-koome-as-next-police-ig","title":{"rendered":"Parliament set to approve Koome as next police IG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>The Parliament is this afternoon set to approve the nomination of Japhet Koome as the next Inspector General of Police.<\/p>\n<p>Koome is headed for clearance after the joint security committee approved his nomination.<\/p>\n<p>Senate&#8217;s National security, defence and national relations chairman William Cheptumo tabled on the floor a motion recommending to the House the approval of his appointment.<\/p>\n<p>Moving the motion to debate the report, Kisumu senator Tom Ojienda described Koome as a highly qualified and educated person.<\/p>\n<p>Nyamira senator Okong&#8217;o Omogeni said Koome is a professional who will turn around the National Police Service.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The person we are discussing here is a trained engineer from the University of Nairobi. 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