{"id":35372,"date":"2026-05-25T17:10:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T15:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=35372"},"modified":"2026-05-25T17:10:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T15:10:34","slug":"kenya-police-reshuffle-presidents-security-team-after-protection-breach","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/kenya-police-reshuffle-presidents-security-team-after-protection-breach\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya police reshuffle President\u2019s security team after protection breach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kenya&#8217;s Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja has ordered a major overhaul of President William Ruto&#8217;s security detail after a man breached the President&#8217;s protective cordon during a public event in eastern Kenya.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred during a thanksgiving gathering when a man carrying what appeared to be a Bible managed to access the stage and briefly placed his arm around Ruto while he was addressing supporters. Footage of the encounter quickly spread on social media.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Although no injuries were reported, Kanja described the incident as a serious security lapse.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Any security breach involving the President is unacceptable and a matter of the gravest national concern,&#8221; Kanja said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In response, authorities have appointed a new head of the Presidential Escort Unit, while several senior officers responsible for presidential protection have reportedly been removed from their positions or placed on leave pending further review.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":33849,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-35372","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Kenya's Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja has ordered a major overhaul of President William Ruto's security detail","published_date":"2026-05-25 17:09:57","news_description":"Kenya's Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja has ordered a major overhaul of President William Ruto's security detail","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/35372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/35372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35373,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/35372\/revisions\/35373"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=35372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}