Although he admitted that there were a number of silly mistakes in the operation, Kitili gave the operation a 90 percent success rate and said he and his officers have realised they can perform better than that.
Kitili is the Commander of GSU and their elite unit, Recce, based in Ruiru that guard President Uhuru Kenyatta and other senior Government dignitaries. Reece unit was assigned the duty of securing the place where Obama will sleep.
Some of the mistakes Recce officers made during the Obama’s trip was being caught chatting in groups while guarding the perimeter wall at Villa Rosa Kempinski, the hotel where Obama slept.
The Secret Service which is an elite unit that guards the US President was concerned that by ‘sleeping on their job’ they were putting the life of US President Barrack Obama at risk and hence demanded their replacement.
The Recce officers were replaced by GSU service men who are based in Ruaraka and they secured the perimeter wall for the rest of the days Obama was in Kenya.
Meanwhile, former Police spokesman, Erick Kiraithe, who is the KAA’s Head of Security, has also admitted that securing President Obama was tiresome and too demanding.
He praised Kenya’s disciplinary forces for making sure that Obama and his entourage were safe and secure.
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