Replacement for Keriako Tobiko

dennis kibet

11 January 2018 04:25 PM

She will now take over the official duties as the Director of Public Prosecutions.

Public Prosecutions Secretary Dorcas Oduor has taken over as the Acting Director of Public Prosecution.

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Mrs Oduor will now take charge at the helm of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions until a substantive successor to the immediate former DPP Keriako Tobiko is appointed.

Last week, Tobiko tendered his resignation and President Uhuru Kenyatta immediately after proposed his name as a nominee to his new cabinet.

Mrs Oduor was Tobiko's deputy and Head of Economic, International and Emerging Crimes at the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.

A career Prosecution Counsel, Mrs. Oduor has previously served in the Public Prosecutions space for more than 12 years having begun her career as a State Counsel in 1991.

She holds a Master Degree in International Conflict Management and an LL.B Degree from the University of Nairobi alongside a Law Diploma, from the Kenya School of Law.

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