Armoury & other amenities billions cost to be used in turning chief’s camps to modern police station

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With the rapid evolution of crime in Kenya and high number of criminal cases being reported daily, its best the security of the land makes useful changes in its tactics and operations to keep up with the war.

Police units merger following president Uhuru Kenyatta’s directive is set to gobble up in the least ksh 40 billion in order to turn 3600 chief camps into modern police stations.

It will cost at least Ksh2 million to equip each of the posts with an armoury, report office and other amenities.

The refurbished camps will also have a holding cell and will handle all cases professionally.

A new station alignment document released on Wednesday showed most police stations and posts are on private land, thus the government will spend a substantial amount in acquiring the parcels.

Already all Administration Police Service camps at chiefs’ offices and those not near police stations are being transformed into police posts.

“If a chief needs the police for an operation, the Officer Commanding Police Post (OCPP) will be on the ground with him,” an official revealed to journalists.

All the country’s 1,520 wards will have police stations to be manned by an Officer Commanding Station (OCS), while the current constituencies will have police divisions to be served by sub-county police commanders.

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