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The director of criminal investigations has urged young people to uphold values of integrity and honesty in their day today lives adding that it was the only surest way to a successful and dignified life in the future.

Mr Kinoti said this yesterday, while addressing graduands during the 11th graduation ceremony of the Presbyterian University East Africa (PUEA) where he was the chief guest. A total of 698 graduates were conferred with degrees in various disciplines during the elaborate ceremony

held at the university’s main campus in Kikuyu, Kiambu county. 386 students graduated with bachelor’s degrees, 229 with diplomas and 83 with certificates in disciplines ranging from business studies to health sciences, communication and theology among others.

The university which was granted its charter a few months ago by President Uhuru Kenyatta, is founded on christian values and offers quality market driven academic programmes. While congratulating the graduands on their academic exploits Mr. Kinoti advised them to focus on the

skills they had acquired to offer solutions and become agents of change in the society. On his part, the university’s Vice chancellor Prof John Mungania applauded the graduating class of 2020 for their resilience and hard work, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

He noted that the university was graduating the first cohort of 248 government-sponsored students, which was great milestone for the institution. Prof Mungania said that the programmes offered at the university were aligned with the country's social economic needs.

Mr Kinoti challenged the university and all other universities or institutions offering relevant security courses, degrees or any study in crime management,investigations and related areas to embark on serious empirical research on crime and particularly in the

criminal justice system which has never attracted any serious empirical research or study. It is the least understood area in criminal investigations and proceedings. The outcome of these scholarly works will assist in opening the eyes of Kenyans and emancipate them from

being fed with unfounded information out of ignorance by parties, individuals or other entities, to the detriment of justice. He pledged to provide necessary research assistance including documents, information or any material or interviews that would be required to

facilitate the study. Any scholarly excursion to DCI facilities including its modern world class Foreinsic laboratory, Criminal registration, Crime Research and Intelligence Bureau, Ballistics, Legal department ,

Homicide, Cybercrime, Economic Crimes and Forensic Investigations inter alia, will be made accessible.