There were 5,000 fake police officers drawing a monthly salary from the taxpayers’ coffers before they were flushed out by the National Integrated Information Management System (NIIMS)
This data was provided by President Uhuru
“I know there are people who are opposing the Huduma Namba registration and I know it is because of what we found when we tested it with the police force.
“In the National Police Service (NPS), we found that 1,447 people were getting paid but not working. 158 were from the DCI unit. In total we found 5,000 ghost officers,” he stated.
“This discovery will save us Ksh1.8 billion in a year that could have been used to build roads,” he added.
Uhuru was also not happy with the fact that some pastors are claiming that the Huduma Namba is the Biblical mark of the beast.
“Mimi nilishangaajuzi, namiminawaheshimu (makasisi) haswanikiwamkristo, nikiskiamakasisiwenginewakisema, atihii ni namba ya shetani,
“Jameni (Goodness!),” Uhuru exclaimed while clutching his chin in disbelief.
“Shetani nakujitambulishainaunganiawapi?
He urged the men of the cloth not to use the privileged position and the respect they command from their followers to mislead them.
Uhuru also dispelled fears that the registration process involved drawing of blood from citizens for DNA testing.
“Wengine wanasema ukienda kujiandikisha utatoa damu iwekwe DNA testing… ati mzee anaambiwa akienda kujiandikisha ama uko na mpango wa kando, mtoto atajua baba yake ni nani,” he stated throwing the crowd into laughter.
“Nakwambia upuzi ambaye iko kenya ni mingi sana.