Ruto Announces Salary Increase For Police, Prison Officers and Security Agencies This Month
Ruto Announces Salary Increase For Police, Prison Officers and Security Agencies This Month: President William Ruto has confirmed that police and prison officers will receive their long-awaited salary increases at the end of this month.
This announcement was made during the swearing-in ceremony of Patrick Mwiti Arandu as the new Commissioner General of the Kenya Prisons Service at State House Nairobi on Wednesday, July 24.
Arandu succeeds Brigadier (Rtd) John Warioba, who is set to retire. In his speech, The head of state underscored the government’s commitment to fulfilling its promise to enhance the salaries of the police and prison officers despite the current financial challenges.
He stated,”As a commitment that I made to our men in uniform, from this month, we will be living up to our commitment to enhance the salaries of our policemen and our prison officers,”
The President’s pledge comes after a promise made in 2023 to increase the salaries of officers in the National Police Service (NPS), National Youth Service (NYS), and Kenya Prisons Service by 40 per cent over the next three years.
This was recommended from a task force on police reforms, led by former Chief Justice David Maraga.
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