The government is set to spend at least Ksh40 billion to turn 3600 chiefs’ camps to 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 told Standard
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.More than 300 new sub-county police commanders, formerly known as OCPDs, are set to be unveiled this month.
The new development follow President Uhuru Kenyatta’s September directive to merge police units.The move is part of efforts to devolve services across all counties.