President William Ruto has announced the govenment’s plans to put up 900 new police stations across Kenya over the next two years, aiming to strengthen security and bring policing services closer to citizens.
The announcement came on Tuesday at State House, Nairobi, during the presentation of the Jukwaa la Usalama report, a comprehensive document compiled from months of countrywide public consultations on security and service delivery.
“We have agreed that we will build 900 new police stations in the next two years. Some areas are very far away from the nearest police station,” President Ruto said, observing that long distances to police facilities delay emergency response, slow investigations, and weaken community policing efforts.
Under the plan, the Affordable Housing Programme will build 300 police stations as part of its broader national development projects. Another 300 stations will be funded through NG-CDF allocations with support from local MPs and the remaining 300 will be built under the Ministry of Interior and National Administration.
Beyond expanding policing infrastructure, the President announced the operationalization of 24 new sub-counties, 88 divisions, and 675 sub-locations within the next year. He said decentralizing administrative services is necessary for making government functions more accessible, especially in far-flung and underserved areas.
Ruto also revealed that the State will promote all trained chiefs and their assistants by a rank effective July 01, 2026. To enhance accountability and efficiency at the community level, tablets will be issued to all chiefs, more than 3,000 new cars will also be made available to boost their mobility.
Additionally, more than 106,000 village elders across the country will be recognised, and put on a monthly stipend of KSh3,000 beginning July 1, 2026.
The Jukwaa la Usalama report pointed out the scope of infrastructural challenges government employees face in most instances, especially in newly created administrative units; many officers continue to operate either from makeshift or shared premises.
For example, the newly operationalized Lokiriama Sub-County in Turkana County has no office, and therefore officers have to travel almost 80 kilometers to Loima Sub-County headquarters.
In Marakwet West, the Kaptalamwa Police Station and Kapkuchur Location Chief’s Office share a two-room colonial-era structure, with the chief’s office doubling as a police cell at night.
Other regions face similar constraints:
- The Coast Regional Commissioner’s office urgently requires renovation.
- The Tana River County Commissioner’s office is too small for effective administration.
- In Samburu, the County Commissioner operates from the Civil Registration Services premises after construction of the county administration block stalled.
- Some Trans Nzoia police stations remain condemned but are still in use due to lack of alternatives.
- Bomet County and locations in Kirinyaga County await proper office allocation for Deputy County Commissioners.
Participants of Jukwaa la Usalama recommended addressing these gaps through stronger public-private partnerships to help support construction of modern police stations and administrative offices. Also proposed was the integration of security infrastructure into major national projects such as roads, hospitals, and universities at the design and construction phases of such projects.
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