From lying on mortuary slab, to being tagged dead: Things to know about Kinoti

Piece by: Peninah Njoki
Lifestyle

DCI boss George Kinoti is not just your random top police boss. He is the man whose ethical values are unshakable even in the face of death.

Unlike most bosses, he is rarely seen unless his attention is needed like in the case of the murder of Dutch Tycoon Tob Cohen and Sergeant Kipyegon Kenei.

Here are things you did not know about Kinoti:

  1. Kinoti walks with a rosary wherever he goes

He walks around with a rosary in his pocket, one he has kept for more than 30 years — it was blessed by Pope John Paul II.

He prays several times a day and never undertakes any mission, large or small, without seeking divine help.

2. He grew up in the slums of Meru town

In case you were wondering where he comes from now you know.

3. He wanted to be a priest

In a recent interview with the Star Kinoti said,

“My childhood vocation was to be a priest. I was brought up by a single mother, a very religious person.

She used to teach us that we should not worry about where our next meal would come from.” 

4. He has 35 bullet wounds on his body.

28 are from a shooting incident on Jogoo road while the others are from a different incident.

5. Kinoti suffered from malnutrition.

The DCI boss suffered from malnutrition and a bone ailment, hence spent time at Nkubu Consolata Hospital during his childhood.

6. He had already made plans to leave for Italy to train as a Jesuit.

A Jesuit is a member of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic order of priests founded by St Ignatius Loyola, St Francis Xavier, and others in 1534, to do missionary work.

In-case you had doubts about his capabilities, worry not as he knows his s#it.