The government will spend at least Ksh40 billion to turn 3600 chiefs’ camps into modern police stations.
It will cost at least Ksh2 million to equip each of the posts with an armoury, report office and other amenities.
The refurbished camps will also have a holding cell and will handle all cases professionally.
A new station alignment document released on Wednesday showed most police stations and posts are on private land, thus the government will spend a substantial amount in acquiring the parcels.
All Administration Police Service camps already at chiefs’ offices and those not near police stations are being transformed into police posts.
“If a chief needs the police for an operation, the Officer Commanding Police Post (OCPP) will be on the ground with him,” an official was quoted by The Standard.
All the country’s 1,520 Wards will have police stations manned by an Officer Commanding Station (OCS), while the current Constituencies will have police divisions to be served by sub-county police commanders.
More than 300 new sub-county police commanders, formerly known as OCPDs, are set to be unveiled this month.
The new development follows President Uhuru Kenyatta’s September directive to merge police units.
The move is part of efforts to streamline and devolve services across all counties.
