‘No police officer should serve in one station for more than 3 years’ – Kindiki
Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki has issued a new directive barring police officers from serving in one station for more than three years.
Appearing before the Senate, Kindiki revealed that the directive is part of the recommendations by the Taskforce on Police Reforms chaired by former Chief Justice David Maraga.
He said the National Police Service has 60 days to implement the policy directive.
"No police officer should serve in one station for more than three years. The signal communicating this directive has already been relayed. These are part of recommendations by the Taskforce on Police reforms chaired by Chief Justice Emeritus David Maraga," Kindiki stated.
"The National Police Service has 60 days to implement this policy directive. Any officer who does not comply with the 60-day directive will have their salary stopped forthwith."
Kindiki also revealed the government is intensifying foot and mobile patrols to curb crimes such as kidnappings and abductions.
This follows several cases of alleged kidnappings along the Makutano-Sagana Highway and other parts of the country.
"To enhance security and bring to book perpetrators of criminal activities such as kidnappings and abductions, the government is intensifying foot and mobile patrols, sensitization of the communities on the importance of sharing intelligence information on suspicious persons in their locality who are likely to commit crimes and revitalising community policing and Nyumba Kumi initiative to enhance information sharing," he added.
Kindiki promises to fill vacant positions of chiefs
The CS said all vacant positions of chiefs and assistant chiefs would be filled within 90 days.
"The vacancies are a result of natural attrition, dismissal from service for officers after their cases have been concluded by the Courts or Public Service Commission, and there are no pending appeals before the Courts, promotion of the officeholders to higher offices, resignation and redesignation of the officer holders," Kindiki said.
He was responding to a question from Marsabit Senator Mohamed Chute who asked the CS to provide a per-county schedule of vacancies in positions of chief and assistant chief in Kenya, indicating the period the respective positions have been vacant as well as the causes of the vacancies. 
Kindiki on Lamu attacks
Kindiki also promised that in the next few days, the Ministry of Interior and National Administration will publish a list of persons we suspect are the chief architects, planners, and perpetrators of terror attacks in Lamu County.
"We will announce cash rewards for persons who volunteer information that will lead to the arrest of the suspects. The suspects will be required to surrender at any Police Station or else our security officers will pursue them and deal with them ruthlessly and in accordance with the law," he added.
He said since the 1998 US Embassy attack, approximately 500 lives have been lost through terror attacks.
