The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has launched a training to strengthen Kenya’s fight against money laundering and terrorism financing.

In a statement on the official X account on Tuesday, February 10, 2026, the DCI explained that the training comes after a report on Kenya’s ranking on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).

According to the detectives, the ranking has exposed critical deficiencies in investigations, prosecutions, and inter-agency coordination.

“Today, the DCI launched the fifth and sixth cohorts of its Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Sensitisation Seminar for senior officers and field investigation officers,” DCI stated

While building on a series of seminars that commenced in the previous week, the DCI has held a two-day session, which is concurrently being held in Naivasha for senior officers and in Kisumu for field investigation officers.

“Representing the Director of Criminal Investigations, Mr Mohamed I. Amin, the Director Forensics, Ms Rosemary Kuraru, officially opened the Naivasha session, while Mr. George Kisaka, the Deputy Director Investigations Bureau (IB), opened the Kisumu session,” DCI noted.

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At the time, Amin described Kenya’s placement on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Grey List as a stark wake-up call, exposing critical deficiencies in investigations, prosecutions, and inter-agency coordination.

Further adding that the listed shortcomings have eroded investor confidence and tarnished the nation’s international standing.

In response, the DCI noted that the government has introduced sweeping reforms, most notably through the Anti-Money Laundering and Combating of Terrorism Financing Laws (Amendment) Act, 2025.

The key enhancements include strengthened oversight of both financial and designated non-financial institutions, more rigorous Know-Your-Customer obligations, and stiffer penalties for non-compliance.

As Kenya’s premier investigative body, the DCI has intensified its efforts by implementing standardised operating procedures, prioritising parallel financial investigations alongside predicate offences, building specialised capacity in dedicated units, and enhancing intelligence-sharing mechanisms to disrupt illicit financial networks.

The DCI also noted that with the sensitisation of senior officers now completed in previous and ongoing cohorts, the focus has shifted to equipping field investigators, the frontline officers directly handling complex financial crime cases.

Kisumu marks the inaugural session dedicated to this critical task, setting the stage for a phased nationwide rollout that will extend the vital training to investigators across all regions of the country in the coming months.