The Principal Secretary for Interior Raymond Omollo confirmed that police officers will have to wait longer to receive their salary increments.
Following a stakeholder meeting held on 6 June 2024, the PS revealed that the police service will receive their salary increments later this year.
However, the PS declined to reveal the exact date for the police service to receive the recommended salaries as proposed by the National Police Reforms Taskforce led by retired Chief Justice David Maraga.
“I think they are in the fourth cycle of the salary review, and they have already made the recommendations, I would not say exactly when but we expect that to happen within this year," stated Omollo.
Earlier, the government had indicated that the proposed 40 per cent increments would be made in July this year.
Further, after the meeting, the PS revealed that the National Police Service, Kenya Prisons Service and the National Youth Service reforms will require Ksh108 billion from 2024 to 2028.
He elaborated that aside from the contribution from the Government, Kenya would be in collaboration with partners such as the United Nations and the United Kingdom government.
According to the PS, the government had implemented some of the 598 recommendations provided in the report particularly those that were administrative and did not require financial backing.
Out of the 598 recommendations, a total of 271 touched on the National Police Service, 210 were for the Kenya Prisons Service while 117 were for the National Youth Service.
He elaborated that the government is developing a Strategic Framework for the implementation to ensure coherence. "The development of the Strategic Framework for implementation of the reforms which began in February this year aims to provide an integrated approach to reform priorities in a strategic and coordinated manner to ensure coherence among the reform institutions," stated Omollo.
The reforms suggested are expected to cover the following areas: leadership, oversight and accountability, institutional capacity development, human resource management and development and operational preparedness and logistical capacity.
