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THE ANNUAL SENIOR COMMANDERS CONFERENCE

Mr. Hillary Mutyambai.

The Inspector General, National Police had an annual conference where he met with senior commanders to review the programs and strategies as a security sector in preparation for the 2022 General Elections.

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He said that they will remain focused to offer maximum security for a free and fair election. The commanders identified the hot spot areas that are prone to electoral violence.

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The baseline report on police service delivery performance survey 2021 was also launched. The survey indicated that 63% of the public are satisfied with services received from the police.

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Speaking after the conference the Interior Cabinet Secretary Dr Fred Matiangi said that they have formed a multi-agency team to come up with a strategic plan to handle the 2022 election. He also loud the transformation in the National Police Service saying that the service delivery has improved.

Mr Mutyambai also thanked every Police Officer for the great work they are doing in crime and order management in their areas of jurisdiction.

YOU CAN’T MARRY YOUR JUNIOR SAYS MATIANGI

Interior Cabinet Secretary Dr. Fred Matiang’i has said the ministry will craft rules barring police officers from engaging in romantic relations with their colleagues.

The minister says the move is meant to avert marital
murders.
Matiang’i spoke on Friday, April 30 at the Kenya Police
Training College in Kiganjo, Nyeri County during the
induction of new police recruits.
“We are scaling up the management practice of the police
service,” he said.

“We have to adopt a new way [of doing things]. We will
create a new gender relations office that will be under the
supervision of the Inspector General of Police. Some of the
female police officers have filed sexual harassment
complaints. I want to assure you that it won’t happen in the
future,” added the CS.
Matiang’i said his ministry is concerned by the rising
numbers of National Police Service officers killing their
loved ones who are also in the forces.
“We will adopt a system similar to that of the Kenya
Defence Forces (KDF) which bars the soldiers from getting
into intimate relationships with their colleagues. Moving
forward, it will be illegal for a police officer to date or get
married to a fellow law enforcement officer. If it happens
that two police officers fall in love, then one has to leave
the Service,” he said.

The CS also warned high-ranking police officers against
sexually harassing their juniors, stating the senior cops
would be stripped of titles and, thereafter, sacked.
“We won’t talk much moving forward, we will act,” he
emphasised.
The CS, however, said police officers who are already
married to their colleagues won’t be affected by the new
directive.
The minister also put the media on the spot, claiming
journalists often paint police officers in bad light.