Public Prosecutions Secretary Dorcas Oduor has taken over as the Acting Director of Public Prosecution.

Mrs Oduor will now take charge at the helm of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions until a substantive successor to the immediate former DPP Keriako Tobiko is appointed.

Last week, Tobiko tendered his resignation and President Uhuru Kenyatta immediately after proposed his name as a nominee to his new cabinet.

Mrs Oduor was Tobiko's deputy and Head of Economic, International and Emerging Crimes at the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.

A career Prosecution Counsel, Mrs. Oduor has previously served in the Public Prosecutions space for more than 12 years having begun her career as a State Counsel in 1991.

She holds a Master Degree in International Conflict Management and an LL.B Degree from the University of Nairobi alongside a Law Diploma, from the Kenya School of Law.