The Inspector General of Police has approved the training of 1,048 police constables in a special SOIP graduate course.
The special Subordinate Officer to Inspectorate graduate course is scheduled to commence on Friday, November 18, 2022.
In a letter copied to the various commanding officers and regional commanders, police boss Japheth Koome said 600 officers will take the programme at the National Police College in Kiganjo Main Campus, 228 at Embakasi 'A' Campus and 220 others at Embakasi 'B' Campus.
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“The Inspector-General of Police has approved the training of thousand and forty-eight graduate police constables to undertake the foretasted course scheduled to start on Friday, November 18, 2022,” Koome said urging the respective commanders to treat the matter with urgency.
Changes in police command
The latest comes hours after the new IG made several changes in the police service.
In the changes, Baringo County Commissioner Adamson Bungei was named the new police boss for the Nairobi region taking over from Musyoka Manasseh. Manasseh took over from James Mugera who retired from the service.
The IG also moved Munga Nyale to Vigilance House as the head of police reforms from being the Principal Deputy to the Inspector General.
Abdallah Komesha now takes over as the Principal Deputy to IG from Nyale days after he had been moved to the Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) as the head of personnel.
Koome has also moved Rashid Yakub to be the director of the Community Policing wing with Boniface Maingi taking over from him as the director of operations.
The director for Child Protection at Kenya Police headquarters Judy Lamet has been promoted to head of police operations.
The changes are set to address the rise of crime in the urban areas with Nairobi County being the most affected.
Yesterday, Internal Affairs Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki said the government is determined to restore public safety in the various streets of Nairobi.
The CS directed the police to deal decisively with the criminal gangs.
He said the government was determined to restore public safety in the streets of Nairobi and vowed to take the fight to the criminals.
“Those boys who have dared the government and want to tell us that they can take over the city and make it a center of crime, we’ve heard also heard you and therefore we are coming effective immediately," he said.
To ensure police officers are adequately incentivized for their difficult and often risky assignments, the CS promised that a comprehensive review of the salaries and the terms and conditions of all security officers will be undertaken.
“Shortly the government will initiate a process of engagement with a view to relooking at the terms and conditions that our officers serve under while taking into cognizance that for a very long term now, the terms and conditions of our officers serve have not been reviewed with a view to adjusting them to the cost of living.”
The CS also had a similar message for cattle rustlers and bandits who are active in the North Rift saying the government will expand its crackdown to include those abetting the crimes including financiers, spiritual leaders and traders in stolen animals.
