President William Ruto on Friday, December 13, announced plans to roll out new police uniforms in the coming weeks. This is one of the numerous changes Ruto promised to the over 100,000 police officers.
Speaking during the launch of the National Police and State Department of Correctional Services Strategic Plans 2023-2027, the Head of State said he would soon engage the police leadership to set the dates for the rollout of the new uniforms.
President Ruto explained that the government’s decision to roll out the new police uniforms was aimed at inspiring the officers in their work.
“As I said before, we will engage the policemen and women so that we can have an appropriate uniform. I know that has been agreed upon, and what is awaiting is the rollout,” Ruto said.
(Left to Right) General Service Unit Commandant Ranson Lolmodooni, DCI Director Amin Mohammed and Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja during a press briefing in Nairobi on December 4 at Harambee house.
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“We will make sure that we give our policemen and women uniforms that inspire them to work and to go forward, that is something that we are going to do,” he added.
The Head of State further expressed the government’s commitment to provide additional vehicles to ease their operations, according to Ruto, the government is currently on the verge of procuring 1000 additional vehicles.
He explained that by early next year, the government would distribute the first 1000 vehicles to various police stations across the country, adding that the remaining 2000 would be given later in the year.
To address the housing challenges facing police officers, President Ruto revealed that the government was on the brink of completing 17000 housing units that would be handed to police officers.
“We intend to make sure that many of our police officers who discharge a very sensitive responsibility of protecting all of our work in condition that helps them to discharge that responsibility better,” Ruto reiterated.
According to Ruto, the housing units would also be distributed to officers at the National Youth Service (NYS), a section of military officers and prison officers.
The president further announced plans to digitise the police Occurrence Book (OB) to ease tracing cases and to ensure that entries made were not comprised.
“We will work together and I am confident in the leadership that we have at vigilance house and at the office of the present to make sure that we work towards this endeavour,” the Head of State explained.
President William Ruto addressing Kenyans during the 2024 Jamhuri Day celebrations. PHOTO/ William Ruto
