Kenya chief prosecutor Noordin Haji to lead intelligence service – what the job entails
Noordin Haji before the National Assembly Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations vetting at the County Hall, Nairobi County, Kenya on Tuesday, on May 30, 2023. PHOTO | DENNIS ONSONGO | NMG
Kenya’s President William Ruto recently nominated a new national intelligence chief. Breaking with tradition, the president picked a career intelligence officer, Noordin Haji.
But what is national intelligence and what work does it do, particularly in Kenya? Since 1999, the country’s spy chiefs have been picked from the military. Haji was previously the director of public prosecutions.
