The Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i is a man of change that is with no doubt. He is determined to bring total reforms to the police service in Kenya.
He is determined to end the notion that Police is an enemy of the people. So far he has made positive strides.But that is not his ultimate goal the step is keeping personal track of each police officer.
The Interior ministry will today launch the full digitisation of policing services.
The event to take place at the Kilifi County Commander’s offices, will be presided over by Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i.
Inspector-General of Police Joseph Boinnet said the government was keen to digitise all police services.
“We want to migrate from the old way of doing things into totally digital platforms,” Mr Boinnet said.
The expected changes include personnel management, administrative systems, processes and occurrence book (OB) details.
Police officers will be required to register in their sub-counties of work in various parts of the country.
Details about police officers that are supposed to be keyed into the new system are their personal details which include their training, when they were recruited, career progress, deployment and family records.
Currently, all the records are kept in manual files, which, according to the Interior ministry, are prone to tampering and loss.
Last month, Mr Boinnet directed all county commissioners to prepare officers under their jurisdiction for the digital migration.