Police officers serving over 3 years in frontier counties to be moved in 3 months
Murkomen said the transfers will boost the officers’ morale, as those who will be deployed will report with the mindset that they will be around for just three years.
Security officials who have stayed in frontier counties and areas considered marginalised for more than three years will be transferred within three months as the government seeks to end the deployment of officers to hardship areas as a form of punishment.
This was announced by Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen during his tour of Tana River County on Friday.
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"From now henceforth, no police officer shall be deployed to marginalised counties or front lines as a way of punishment. When an officer is deployed to Tana River, or Wajir or Garissa, Lamu, Marsabit or Isiolo, Turkana, West Pokot or Elgeyo Marakwet, Baringo, Samburu or Laikipia, they must be deployed normally. Like the disciplined officer, one is on normal duty not as punishment," Murkomen said as he wound up his week-long tour of the Coast region.
Murkomen reiterated the earlier change in policy that said no police officer will stay in one deployment area for more than three years.
Some of the officers in Tana River County have been there for up to a decade, and others even longer.
"I have already done consultations with the Inspector General of Police. All the officers working in Tana River and have served for more than three years to be transferred immediately to other areas and not operational areas. They should progress to areas that do not have the hardship they have faced while here," the CS directed, adding that the transfer should be completed within three months.
He said the transfers will boost the officers’ morale, as those who will be deployed will report with the mindset that they will be around for just three years.
He added that the move will also improve service delivery and boost the mental health of Police officers.
"We have been told that amongst those suffering from mental health issues are those that feel they are treated unfairly and deployed in hardship zones for long periods of time,” he said
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