The government is in the process of constructing 17,000 housing units for members of the Disciplined Forces under the affordable housing program.
Interior and National Administration CS Kipchumba Murkomen has said poor living conditions are among the issues that the country’s security personnel have been raising in the ongoing Jukwaa la Usalama Town hall meetings, hence the government is putting measures in place to ensure that the officers live in dignified houses.
Speaking in Kajiado County after inspecting the stalled police housing units at the Kajiado police station, the CS revealed that the units will be completed in the next six months, under the affordable housing program by the government.
The construction of two blocks comprised of 100 units each began in 2017, but later stalled.
Murkomen added that the government will also drill a borehole to serve the houses and the entire police station as part of the program.
“We also want to have a clear program for building police stations. More than 60 percent of our police stations are colonial and this is an indictment on the part of our country.
We want to put in place mechanisms to ensure that in the next two years, more than half of the police stations will become modern,” he said.
The CS was accompanied by Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja, General Service Unit Commandant, Ranson Lolmodooni, Director of Operations-APS Jackson Kangani, Kajiado County Commissioner, Taari Rwaria, Kajiado Deputy Governor Martin Moshisho, Kajiado Central MP Memusi Kanchori, and his counterparts Kakuta Maimai (Kajiado East) and Sakimpa Parashina (Kajiado South) among other government officials.
By Diana Meneto
