Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen with Chiefs and assistant chiefs at the National Police College, Embakasi A Campus on August 15, 2025. /MINAInterior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has unveiled a series of reforms targeting Chiefs and Assistant Chiefs in a move aimed at enhancing security enforcement
They include the implementation of a nationwide training programme and the decentralisation of uniform issuance, in a bid to boost grassroots security enforcement and service delivery.
Speaking at the National Police College, Embakasi A Campus, Murkomen said many Chiefs and Assistant Chiefs have gone for years without refresher courses, with some missing training opportunities for as long as 25 years.
The last nationwide training was held in 2018.
“This has come out strongly during our Jukwaa La Usalama forums across the country,” Murkomen noted.
“In response to the calls from these forums, and in line with the Kenya Kwanza manifesto, which recognises capacity building for civil servants as a catalyst for effective service delivery, we have embarked on a rapid training programme, beginning with the first cohort of 1,000. Our goal is to have more than 8,000 trained by December.”
The programme will cover induction, paralegal skills and security management, culminating in promotions for the officers.
At the same event, Murkomen launched standard operating procedures to guide collaboration between the National Government Administration Officers (NGAOs) and the recently formed National Government Administration Police Unit (NGAPU).
In a separate move to address long-standing grievances, Murkomen flagged off thousands of official uniforms to counties, ending the decades-old practice of Chiefs and Assistant Chiefs travelling to Nairobi at their own expense to collect them.
“Since independence, Chiefs and Assistant Chiefs have been travelling to Nairobi to pick up their official uniforms at great expense and avoidable inconvenience. This has been a major complaint in our Jukwaa La Usalama engagements,” Murkomen said, terming the decentralisation a step towards efficiency and cost savings.
The retraining and uniform distribution are part of a broader welfare package for NGAOs that includes enhanced mobility and improved office infrastructure.
Murkomen urged the officers to rededicate themselves to fostering community cohesion, resolving disputes amicably, combating illicit brews, and tackling gender-based violence and child defilement.
Present at both events were Internal Security and National Administration Principal Secretary Raymond Omollo, Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja, Deputy Inspector General of the Administration Police Service Gilbert Masengeli, and Principal Administrative Secretaries Beverly Opwora and Jacob Narengo, among other senior officials.
