The recently installed Inspector General of the National Police Service on Tuesday met up with the Administration Police Service officers and placed particular focus on police units dealing with marginalised areas.
Mutyambai called for the improvement of key priority areas in the police unit, naming the Anti Stock Theft Unit, Rural Border Patrol Unit, Rapid Deployment Unit and Critical Infrastructure Police Unit.
The units have been probed amid a rise in banditry attacks in marginalised areas, with cases of murder due to livestock theft or tribal wrangles.
The Anti Stock Theft Unit is tasked with: Anti-stock theft operations, Stock –theft investigations, Preventive work on stock-theft and Crowd Control by use of Horses.
The Rural Border Patrol Unit is on the other hand works to secure borders, with a mission to, “contribute to National Development through interdiction of terrorism activities,small arms control and reduction of cross border crimes within and along our ports of entry.”
They serve at both water borders as well as dry land.
The Rapid Deployment Unit works to be rapidly deployable in the event of war or emergency.
The Critical Infrastructure Protection Unit was on the other hand formed under President Uhuru Kenyatta’s police reforms in 2018, whose functions partly aligns with the former Security of Government Buildings Unit (SGB) that worked to provide security for Government Buildings.