This archive report was first published on 19 October 2019.
Kimaiyo Commands a Green Revolution ¶
Former Inspector-General David Kimaiyo has found a new calling in life, one that brings him more joy than his decades-long career in the police service. He has traded in his uniform for a farming life, where he now commands a thriving green revolution on his 30-acre farm in Kipsirowa village.
It has been five years since Kimaiyo left the coveted IG position, but for a man who came under fire for the alleged laxity in the service that saw increased deadly Al-Shabaab attacks during his two-year tenure, that grim past is now in the background. His focus now is on his farm, where he wants to make the most of it.
Kimaiyo insists that it is not money, as such, that is driving his farming ambitions, but the fulfilment of a pastime he has harboured for years. As the warm winds from the Cherangany Hills descend on the family's farm, he looks contentedly over the investments he has made on every inch of it.
There is not a single part of the land that is idle. And there will not be at any time of the year as the owner has an annual plan for the whole land. Kimaiyo has invested in pedigree cows, goats, chickens, and maize, among other crops.
He joined the service as a constable in 1979 and was appointed the first IG after the present Constitution was passed in 2010.
