The government will embark on transferring police officers who have served in one station for more than three years.
Interior and National Administration Cabinet Secretary Prof. Kithure Kindiki has stated that the 3-year transfer policy in the National Police Service must be applied to curb conflict of interest.
Speaking Friday when he met members of the Murang’a county security team at the county commissioner’s office, the CS noted officers who have overstayed in one station may have vested interests, thus frustrating efforts to curb criminal activities, alcoholism, and drug abuse.
“Transfer of police officers who have stayed in one station for more than three years needs to commence immediately. This will help to avoid conflict of interest. It has also been established that some of our security officers have invested in the alcohol businesses and we want to stop this,” he said.
At the same time, the CS reiterated the government’s commitment to end the uncontrolled sale of second-generation and illicit liquor, which has been rampant in some parts of the country.
Kindiki remarked that the ongoing national crackdown to combat the manufacture, sale, consumption, and abuse of illicit liquor and narcotic drugs is a timeless operation that will be conducted until the menace is conclusively dealt with.
“Unlike past operations that were hampered by competing political and commercial interests, the ongoing exercise is a security operation to tackle a national threat devoid of politics,” he added.
The CS was on tour to all the counties in the central region, even as the government intensified the war against illicit alcohol and drugs.
Since Wednesday this week, security officers in Murang’a have carried out a crackdown in various parts of the county and arrested scores of bar owners, found breaching liquor laws.
By Bernard Munyao
