Prime Cabinet Secretary’s spouse, Mrs Tessie Musalia has handed over a borehole to the National Police Training college main campus in Kiganjo, Nyeri.
The borehole which was commissioned in February this year is among four other water projects that Mrs Musalia is undertaking in police training colleges throughout the country through her Ushirika Wema foundation with the aim of improving the welfare of police officers.
During the ceremony she also handed over a water storage facility and a water distribution system to the police training college.
In her remarks Mrs Musalia said that in addition to dignifying the service by easing their access to clean water, the initiative was also focused on promoting resilience against the negative effects of climate change.
“Today, we are not just inaugurating infrastructure, we are inaugurating hope and a renewed commitment to enhance resilience for the welfare and dignity of our officers. We are inaugurating our collective responsibility to ensure our officers work and live in an environment that respects their humanity, safeguards their health and upholds their dignity,” she said.
She said that the project will be extended to the National Police College in Embakasi A campus, the General Service Unit Embakasi B campus in Utawala, General Service Unit, Drive-in camp and Utawala academy in Nairobi.
Nyale Munga, the Commandant Kiganjo National Police Training College said that the project will reduce the college’s dependence on external water suppliers and in turn cut their water expenditure by half.
He said that the project will also allow them to enforce austerity measures in line with the state directive requiring state corporations to cut down on their recurrent expenditure.
“Sometimes I get hard feelings when I am requesting for money from the Inspector General to pay for our water bills. I want to believe that that will reduce tremendously and it is good news for us. We are grateful because saving government resources with the current austerity measures is a good move towards making us move forward,” said Munga.
Inspector General of Police, Douglas Kanja urged the service men to maintain resources under their care.
To ensure sustainability of the project, Kanja directed the officers to regularly service the water storage facility and distribution system in order to guarantee uninterrupted access to clean water.
“The National Police Service has had the privilege of receiving support from various donors and development partners. It is now our collective responsibility to protect the resources entrusted to the service and ensure they are of benefit not only to us but also the people we serve,” said Kanja.
By Wangari Mwangi
