The government has launched a new police unit, called the National Government Administration Police Unit (NGAPU), that will aid government operations.
The new unit, NGAPU, launched on Friday, January 24, will operate under the Administration Police Service (APS) and has been designed to assist chiefs in executing operations across the country.
NGAPU will establish its headquarters in Nairobi, with subsidiaries operating at regional, county, sub-county, divisional, and locational levels. According to a statement from Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen, the government has already assigned 6,000 police officers to the unit, which is about two officers per chief.
There are 3,950 chiefs and 9,043 assistants countrywide.
