Kilimani residents are planning to construct a new Sh350 million station.
This, they believe, will create a structure befitting the station’s status as the centre that serves State House, major embassies, several ministry headquarters, major hospitals and universities, among other installations.
“This is probably the most important police division in the country but its facilities are run down,” Mr Karanja Kabage, chairman of the steering committee for construction of the new station, was quoted by a local daily.
So far, the residents have dug a Sh6 million borehole at the station that was established in 1914. Area police boss Michael Muchiri said the borehole has “transformed the lives of a lot of police officers within the camp”.
Construction of the station, Mr Kabage said, is expected to start on June 15. After that, he noted, it will take 18 months to completion if everything goes according to plan.
“Our intention is to put up a ultra-modern police station with modern facilities.
“There is also going to be a community policing office within the station,” said the businessman.
“We are also going to have conference facilities, a research centre for the office, a shopping area for the police and also playing facilities for kids,” he added.
Mr Kabage was moved to start the idea after holding a meeting with former area police commander Peter Katam.
In his early days in Kilimani, Mr Katam invited Mr Kabage for a meeting and said he wanted to hear from “his customers”.