2,500 officers to undergo training for new Nairobi police unit, Kamukunji Police Station to serve as headquarters

2,500 officers to undergo training for new Nairobi police unit, Kamukunji Police Station to serve as headquarters
2,500 officers to undergo training for new Nairobi police unit, Kamukunji Police Station to serve as headquarters - Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja appears alongside the Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja and members of the National Police Service at the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security county hall on Monday, March 3, 2025. (Photo: Nairobi City County Government)
Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja appears alongside the Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja and members of the National Police Service at the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security county hall on Monday, March 3, 2025. (Photo: Nairobi City County Government)

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The governor announced that Kamukunji Police Station will be rehabilitated and expanded to serve as the headquarters of the Nairobi Metropolitan Police Unit, providing a central command for the specialised force.

Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja has announced that 2,500 officers drawn from the Nairobi County Inspectorate and the National Police Service (NPS) will undergo specialised training to form the Nairobi Metropolitan Police Unit as part of efforts to strengthen security in the capital.
Speaking after a church service at St. Austin's Church in Westlands on Sunday, Sakaja said the specialised unit will be established under the National-County Cooperation Agreement and is intended to shift policing in the city from a largely traffic-focused approach to enhanced security patrols and rapid response.
"We will train 2,500 police officers from the county and the National Police Service. They will undergo vigorous training to address the security challenges of the city. We need more security patrols in Nairobi than traffic patrols because this is a city of seven million people with unique security needs," Sakaja said.

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The governor announced that Kamukunji Police Station will be rehabilitated and expanded to serve as the headquarters of the Nairobi Metropolitan Police Unit, providing a central command for the specialised force.
As part of the wider reforms, Sakaja said the county will roll out an integrated citywide CCTV surveillance network linked to a new Traffic Management Centre at City Cabanas along Mombasa Road. The multi-billion-shilling facility will serve as Nairobi's digital command centre, bringing together AI-powered surveillance systems, police monitoring operations and automated traffic enforcement.
He added that CCTV cameras owned by private institutions and businesses will also be integrated into the system to improve crime detection, monitoring and emergency response.

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"The use of cameras will be key. City Cabanas will host Nairobi's new digital traffic nerve hub, and we will integrate it with private cameras to improve security and enhance response to incidents across the city," he said.
Sakaja said the reforms were informed by benchmarking visits undertaken with the Cabinet Secretary for Interior to New York and London to study modern metropolitan policing models.
"We have already benchmarked in New York and London as we seek to move our country forward. One of the most critical issues in any city is security, and that is why we are implementing this under the Cooperation Agreement with the National Government," he said.

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