The head of a specialized police unit that guards all State Houses and State Lodges was on Thursday moved in changes.
The new commander of the General Service Unit’s G Company is Charles Kases Losur.
Losur replaced Ernest Cheruiyot who was moved to the General Service Unit headquarters and named the staff officer operations.
- The changes were made by the commanding officer of the National Police Service Embakasi B and Magadi Field Service William K Samoei in a memo dated October 9, 2025. It is not clear what prompted the changes. Insiders said they were normal to enhance operations in general.
The new Commanding Officer Recce Company at Ruiru will be William Kiptoo Sawe.
Godhard Kamau who has been the CO Recce Company was promoted and moved to GSU headquarters as the deputy commandant.
He will deputize Commandant Ranson Lolmodooni.
In the changes, Charles Chesir Kibowen was moved from GSU headquarters and named OC basic training wing at NPS Embakasi B Campus.
Senior Assistant Inspector General of Police Noah Maiyo remains the Presidential Escort Unit Commandant.
There are about ten State Houses and Lodges in the country.
State House and state lodges are guarded by the officers drawn from GSU’s G-Company.
The team also guards the president’s homes and other premises.
The president also has the Presidential Escort Unit which is a fully-fledged team, that can handle the movement of the President and his family anytime.
They, however, usually get the help of the local police whenever the President visits.
Together with his family, the President has about 200 security guards from the GSU.
As part of security measures, they don’t allow armed police officers, especially those with rifles, at the events, apart from their members.
Whenever the President moves, the local police commander has to ensure the movement is guarded. If he stops to address a gathering, tens of local officers are deployed.
The President enjoys some of the best police officers’ services as they are drawn from various units and trained on a common agenda.
Other than police officers, officials from the National Intelligence Service also provide crucial services to the President.
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