William Ruto said Kenya is getting 900 police stations built over the next couple of years since tons of communities sit miles away from any cop shop. The affordable housing program handles 300 stations while National Government Constituency Development Fund money pays for another 300, and the Interior Ministry builds the rest. The government is rolling out 24 sub-counties, plus hundreds of new divisions and sub-locations, to decentralize services better.
Chiefs and their assistants get promoted next July, and village elders across the country start getting 3,000 shillings monthly. Officers currently work out of garbage facilities like a two-room colonial building in Marakwet West that turns into a police cell at night, and some Turkana County staff drive 80 kilometers just to reach headquarters. The Coast Regional Commissioner needs office renovations, while Samburu County leadership operates out of random civil registration buildings after construction money dried up.
Chiefs and their assistants get promoted next July, and village elders across the country start getting 3,000 shillings monthly. Officers currently work out of garbage facilities like a two-room colonial building in Marakwet West that turns into a police cell at night, and some Turkana County staff drive 80 kilometers just to reach headquarters. The Coast Regional Commissioner needs office renovations, while Samburu County leadership operates out of random civil registration buildings after construction money dried up.
