The national government will recruit 10,000 police officers in the next three months to strengthen security in areas marred by insecurity and a shortage of officers.
Speaking at a town hall meeting with the National Government Administrative Officers (NGAO), National Police Service and stakeholders in Kilifi, Interior and National Administration Cabinet Secretary Onesmus Kipchumba Murkomen explained that police officers have been having a hard time patrolling some areas due to their inadequacy. "On the part of the number of police officers, we are planning to recruit 10,000 Police Officers in the next two to three months to allocate police stations with enough officers," he said.
He also said that apart from recruiting police officers, the government is working on a budgetary allocation to fill all vacant National Government Administrative Officers' posts.
To enhance proper execution of duties, the CS said that the government is planning to purchase 5,000 vehicles for both police officers and National Government Administrative Officers (NGAO). "Our goal is to ensure we have allocated them vehicles, already procurement of 5,000 vehicles is in the process.
