Intelligence chief Michael Gichangi has resigned as President Uhuru Kenyatta announces far reaching changes in government. PHOTO | SALATON NJAU | FILE 
Intelligence chief Major-General Michael Gichangi resigned Thursday evening in a shake-up of the security docket.
Also removed is Interior Principal Secretary Mutea Iringo, who swaps places with his Defence counterpart, Ambassador Monica Juma.
The spy chief’s departure and the first ever shuffle of principal secretaries in the Jubilee government was announced along with the appointment of some of the President’s political allies as ambassadors.
Former Finance minister Njeru Githae is Kenya’s new ambassador to Washington while Ambassador Chirau Ali Mwakwere, a former Foreign Affairs minister, goes to Dar es Salaam.
By BERNARD NAMUNANE