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SOCIETY

Huge Relief To Unemployed Kenyans Wishing To Join Police Service Following A Major Announcement

Kenyans who have been willing to join Police Service as officers now can put smile on their faces, as the state plans to recruit Police Officers. The total number of police officers to be employed in three years will amount to fifteen thousand. To be eligible for recruitment into the Kenya Police Service, applicants must:

  2 months ago ago
Huge Relief To Unemployed Kenyans Wishing To Join Police Service Following A Major Announcement

MILITARY

The GSU Soldiers Salary Per Month In Kenyan Shillings And Qualifications

The General Service Unit well known as GSU or "Fanya Fujo Uone" is a paramilitary wing in the Kenya Police Service. It consists of highly trained police officers, transported by seven dedicated Cessnas and three Bell helicopters. The GSU soldiers have been in existence since 1948.

  3 months ago ago
The GSU Soldiers Salary Per Month In Kenyan Shillings And Qualifications

POLITICS

Highly Educated Former GSU Commandant Languishing in the Cold After Failed Bid In Politics

Former Inspector General of Police David Kimaiyo ( Photo Courtesy) In 2011, David Kimaiyo became the first ever Inspector General of Police under the new Constitution. By so doing, he was the first holder of the office to be vetted and approved by the National Assembly.

  2 months ago ago
Highly Educated Former GSU Commandant Languishing in the Cold After Failed Bid In Politics

SOCIETY

Is This Ex-Flying Squad Boss As A Favourite To Become The Next Deputy Inspector General of Police?

Director of police reforms at the Kenya Police Service, Gideon Munga Nyale ( Photo Courtesy) With the impending exit of Deputy Inspector General of Police in-charge of the police service wing, Edward Njoroge Mbugua from the service, the battle to succeed him is said to be brewing behind the scenes.

  2 months ago ago
Is This Ex-Flying Squad Boss As A Favourite To Become The Next Deputy Inspector General of Police?

SOCIETY

Five Subjects The NPS Recruits Have Been Taken Through Before Pass-out on 10th January

The National Police Service recruited thousands of young men and women across the country to join the ranks and help keep the security in the country. Picture courtesy. Image from the training school in Kiganjo where a graduation is slated in the next few hours. The exercise was conducted months ago across the country with the recruits going through a rigorous ten month training program as per the reports that we have with us this evening.

  2 months ago ago
Five Subjects The NPS Recruits Have Been Taken Through Before Pass-out on 10th January

POLITICS

Ruto Reverses Uhuru's Key Policy as Old Police Uniform is Reintroduced Ahead of Police Reforms

President Ruto's government has finally allowed police officers to wear the uniforms which were phased out by form President Uhuru's administration 4 years ago, reversing yet another key policy decision by the former Head of State. According to details, poor quality and shortage of the all royal blue uniforms are some of the reasons behind reintroduction of the uniform that had been phased out by Uhuru's administration.

  2 months ago ago
Ruto Reverses Uhuru's Key Policy as Old Police Uniform is Reintroduced Ahead of Police Reforms

SOCIETY

Meet Ex-OCPD Who Is Today Serving As GSU Boss

General Service Unit Commandant, Douglas Kanja ( Photo Courtesy) As paramilitary wing of the Kenya Police Service, the General Service Unit is one of the most specialized security units in the country today. Popularly referred to as the "red beret police", GSU is respected and feared in equal measure.

  2 months ago ago
Meet Ex-OCPD Who Is Today Serving As GSU Boss

POLITICS

Mixed Reactions After Sakaja & DP Gachagua Where Spotted Together Following Their Recent Outbursts

The second in command Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua and the Nairobi County boss Governor Johnson Sakaja today finally met following their recent outbursts pointing fingers to each other over the management of the Nairobi City Matatu business. The move by DP Rigathi Gachagua to lecture Governor Sakaja over his move to remove matatus from Nairobi CBD received praise and criticism on equal measure.

  2 months ago ago
Mixed Reactions After Sakaja & DP Gachagua Where Spotted Together Following Their Recent Outbursts

POLITICS

Ruto Overturns Yet Another Uhuru Order In Ministry Of Defence, Stamps Authority Over Police Uniforms

The administration of President William Ruto has reversed yet another significant policy choice made by his predecessor by allowing the police to wear uniforms that were phased out by the previous administration of President Uhuru Kenyatta four years ago. The widespread unpopular, all-royal blue uniforms were in short supply and of poor quality, which is why the previous outfits were brought back.

  2 months ago ago
Ruto Overturns Yet Another Uhuru Order In Ministry Of Defence, Stamps Authority Over Police Uniforms

SOCIETY

"Bangi Is Like Cabbage Here" County Commissioner Raises Alarm As Drug Traffickers Invades The Market

Drug trafficking has been the hardest thing to tackle across the world. More so, Kenya has been hit more by the spread of these illegal substances making thousands of youths drug addicts every day. The county commissioner of Bomet county, Ahmed Omar, has cried out to the public to be aware of the rampant spread of marijuana in the county.

  3 months ago ago

SOCIETY

First Kenyan Woman To Be A Police

Elizabeth Nyaruai was born in 1927.Nyaruai was one of the first Kenyan women to join the Scouting movement. After a white settler noticed her generosity, she convinced Nyaruai to become a Scout. Nyaruai was raised on a white settler's farm where her father worked as a herdsboy.In Kenya, where she has been a police officer for quite some time, she is hailed as the nation's first female County Police Commander.

  4 months ago ago
First Kenyan Woman To Be A Police

POLITICS

Stern Warning That IG Issues To Those People Who Will Attend Raila's Tomorrow Rally

The office of the Inspector General of the Kenya Police Service has issued a statement in response to the planned rally that will be held by Azimio La Umoja-One Kenya coalition party leader Raila Odinga and his team on the seventh of December 2022. The rally is scheduled to take place tomorrow.

  3 months ago ago
Stern Warning That IG Issues To Those People Who Will Attend Raila's Tomorrow Rally

SOCIETY

Security Tight as Top Government Officials Hold Crucial Meeting Amidst Security in Kenya

Interior CS Prof Kithure Kindiki has this today hosted the Inspector General of National Police Service Japheth Koome for consultations around the framework to address security in the country. The meeting that also discussed urgent reforms for the National Police Service was also attended by Deputy Inspector General, Administration Police Service Noor Gabow, his Kenya Police Service counterpart Edward Mbugua and the Directorate of Criminal Investigations - DCI boss Amin Ibrahim.

  4 months ago ago
Security Tight as Top Government Officials Hold Crucial Meeting Amidst Security in Kenya

POLITICS

Ruto Overturns Yet Another Uhuru Order In Ministry Of Defence, Stamps Authority Over Police Uniforms

By allowing the police to wear uniforms that were phased out by the previous administration of President Uhuru Kenyatta four years ago, the administration of President William Ruto has undone yet another key policy decision made by his predecessor. The original attire was reinstated because the much despised, all-royal blue uniforms were in low supply and of poor quality.

  2 months ago ago
Ruto Overturns Yet Another Uhuru Order In Ministry Of Defence, Stamps Authority Over Police Uniforms

POLITICS

Details Emerge on Why Ruto Reversed Uhuru’s Police Uniform Order

The administration of President William Ruto has reversed yet another significant policy choice made by his predecessor by allowing the police to wear uniforms that were phased out by the previous administration of former President Uhuru Kenyatta four years ago. The widespread, unpopular, all-royal blue uniforms were in short supply and of poor quality, which is why the previous outfits were brought back.

  2 months ago ago
Details Emerge on Why Ruto Reversed Uhuru’s Police Uniform Order

SOCIETY

UPDATE: Very Dangerous gang of Criminals arrested, Killer Weapons Found, Killer Targets Confirmed

Security Personnel in Kakamega County has arrested members of a notorious gang that has been giving residents sleepless nights. The gang dubbed "Mbogi la Izraim" has been terrorizing residents in the township area of Kakamega. 14 members of the group have already been apprehended so far.

  4 months ago ago
UPDATE: Very Dangerous gang of Criminals arrested, Killer Weapons Found, Killer Targets Confirmed

SOCIETY

Emerging Details On Recce Squad Officers Killed In Nakuru

Police officer Harrison Onywoki and his two brothers were returning from a family meeting before an armed gang ambushed them. The three staged a fight to retrieve the phones that the machete-wielding gang had stolen. From the preliminary reports, they sustained multiple injuries, with Onywoki succumbing to injuries at Nakuru Provincial General Hospital.

  3 months ago ago
Emerging Details On Recce Squad Officers Killed In Nakuru

SOCIETY

'Na Mambo Bado' End Of The Road Of Notorious Gang As Police Officers Take Action

DCI detectives have apprehended fourteen members of the violent Mbogi la Izraim Territory gang. DCI announced the arrests of the alleged gang members on Tuesday, November 22, after a two-day operation designed to eradicate all crime in Kakamega county. In response to a recent uptick in criminal activity in the area, the Kenya Police Service and DCI conducted an operation on Sunday, November 20.

  4 months ago ago
'Na Mambo Bado' End Of The Road Of Notorious Gang As Police Officers Take Action

POLITICS

Mixed Reactions As Governor Sakaja Orders Hundreds of Police Officers to Storm Nairobi Premises

Photo courtesy of the Kenya Police Service in Nairobi. Nairobi county governor Johnson Sakaja orders police officers to storm the city premises. Perhaps, the City boss initiates the exercise barely after a couple of days when he ordered Night clubs to be closed. The Governor said that the county offices had been receiving complaints from several residents over the noise pollution in residential areas.

  4 months ago ago
Mixed Reactions As Governor Sakaja Orders Hundreds of Police Officers to Storm Nairobi Premises

SOCIETY

Meet First Woman To Be A Police In Kenya

Elizabeth Nyaruai served as Kenya's first female police officer. On an 89 acre tract of land that President Jomo Kenyatta gifted her in the late 1960s, Nyaruai lives by alone in a mud hut in the semi-arid areas of Nyeri South District. Nyaruai was brought up on a farm owned by white settlers where her father was a herds boy.

  3 months ago ago
Meet First Woman To Be A Police In Kenya