Kenyans will no longer need to visit police stations to report some incidents starting April 2025, this is according to the Ministry of Interior.
In a statement released on Tuesday, January 14, the Ministry headed by CS Kipchumba Murkomen assured that the digital system which will handle all cases including Occurrence Book entries will be ready and well equipped ahead of rollout.
“Beginning April 2025, you will no longer be required to visit a police station to report incidents,” part of the statement read.
"Central to these efforts is the introduction of a digital system for processing traffic fines and the implementation of a digital occurrence book."
The announcement followed a meeting between senior police officials including Internal Security PS Raymond Omollo, Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja, and the European Union Ambassador to Kenya, Henriette Geiger, discussing support in the actualisation of the same.
This meeting came on the heels of a security and defense strategic dialogue held with development partners in the final quarter of 2024.
Although various political figures have mentioned the planned digitisation several times, no actionable timeline has been set for the launch until now.
In his December 9 address at the launch of the Kakamega Polytechnic digital hub, Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi revealed plans for the government to digitise several processes including reporting crimes.
Citing the several cases of domestic violence that go unreported due to fear and intimidation, he added that the digitisation of the process would break the barrier and see more of the cases reported.
“One of the biggest problems is intimidation and fear of reporting when there are cases of this nature (Gender-Based Violence),” Mudavadi stated.
“Through technology, we can develop a coalition where through the privacy of a place, issues around gender-based violence can be brought to the attention of the authorities so that proper action can be taken against these fellows who disturb our communities.”
The other police reform he mentioned was the digitisation of the recruitment process to combat the systemic corruption that has overtaken the exercise.
