National Police Service Commission develops draft policies for Police.

    The Chairman of the National Police Service Commission Johnston Kavuludi address the press in Kisumu where he said the commission has developed six draft policies for the police-Photo By Dickson Odhiambo.

By Dickson Odhiambo

   

August 2, 2018

National Police Service Commission develops draft policies for Police.

THE National Police Service Commission has developed draft policies for the National Police Service in the country.

The Commission’s Chairman Johnston Kavuludi said it has come up with six draft policies for the National Police Service.

Addressing the press after presiding over a countrywide stakeholders’ engagement meeting on the National Police Service draft policies in Kisumu, Kavuludi said the six draft policies will shortly be presented to stakeholders for validation and inputting.

The Chair of the National Police service Commission says the draft policies include the National Police Service Training Policy, NPS Housing Policy and National Police Service Counseling and Chaplaincy Policy.

He says other policies include the National Police Service Welfare Policy, Policy on dealing with conflict of interest and Guideline for engagement in trade and business.

 “The journey towards the development of these policies has been a long and exciting one and I must commend the staff from both the commission and the service for spending extra hours and efforts that has led to the production of the drafts that we are just about to interrogate,” Kavuludi says.

He says the purpose of the stakeholders’ engagement is to fulfill Article 10 of the Constitution of Kenya 2010 that provides that the National Values and Principles of Governance shall bind all the state organs, public officers whenever any of them makes or implements public policy decision.

“Among these National Values and Principles of Governance is the Public Participation of the people. In the fulfillment of public participation, the views of the stakeholders to be affected or have responsibilities in the proposed policies need to be sought and considered for incorporation into the documents before conclusion and adoption for implementation,” Kavuludi adds.

Kavuludi adds that the commission is determined to finalize, publicize and launch these documents by next month so that they can become operational for the benefit of the police officers within the National Police Service.

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