Mr Michael Nyaga Muchiri has been named the new National Police Service (NPS) spokesperson.
Until his appointment on Thursday morning, Mr Muchiri was the Kiambu County police commander.
He takes over the office from Dr Resila Onyango who has been named the Diplomatic Police Unit commandant.
Mr George Sedah who has been the Coastal Regional Police commander has been moved to Nairobi and taken over from Adamson Bungei in the same capacity,
Mr Bungei heads back to the police headquarters where he will be the director operations.
He will replace former presidential escort commander William Yiampoy. It is not clear where Yiampoy will serve.
Kwale County police commander Ali Nuno was promoted and named the Coast Regional Police Commander to replace Sedah.
The head of legal at the Directorate of Criminal Investigations Amos Omuga was moved to the National Police Service headquarters Jogoo House in the same capacity.
Head of National Forensics Laboratory at the DCI headquarters Dr Mwangi Wanderi was moved to Vigilance House and named the director of human capital.
He takes over from Ms Rosemary Kuraru who has been named as the head of the National Forensics Laboratory at the DCI headquarters.
The head of the Serious Crime Unit at DCI Michael Sang was moved to Eastern as the regional head of the DCI.
Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja termed the changes normal to enhance operations in the service.
The new head of community policing will be Judy Jebet. She replaced John Gachomo who moved to police headquarters for redeployment.
Commandant Diplomatic Police Unit Rhoda Kinanu was moved to police headquarters for redeployment.
Eastern regional head of DCI Daniel Korir was moved to Kenya Airports Police Unit (KAPU) as the commandant.
