• The CS said officers who have overstayed in police stations will start receiving their transfer orders from Friday morning.
""There are characters there, junior officers, who have stayed in one station, for seven to 15 years."
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Interior CS Kithure Kindiki has now ordered the immediate implementation of the three-year transfer policy for police officers.
Speaking on Friday, Kindiki said officers who have overstayed at police stations will start receiving their transfer orders from Friday morning.
"Other than conflict of interest, there has been a problem of officers who have stayed in one station for long," he said.
"We have talked about this issue of three-year transfer policy for too long. I want to communicate that all officers from all agencies who have served in one station for three years and above will be transferred starting this morning across Kenya."
Kindiki insisted that it is the directive from the government and has to be complied with.
He also said the IG Japhet Koome and all others responsible have been directed that the policy must be implemented without fail.
The CS noted that the affected officials are junior police officers who have overstayed in stations and have become part of the local communities.
"There are characters there, junior officers, who have stayed in one station, for seven to 15 years. They have local interests, they have ventured into businesses there and are part of the local community," Kindiki said.
"Some of them have married and have relatives there and they are the ones who have entered into unholy alliances with some of the people who are destroying the country."
The CS said these are the same officers who reportedly go ahead and arrange to have protection fees.
He added that because the commanders get transferred every two or three years, they are introduced to the vice whenever a new one comes.
Kindiki alleged that in some instances they go to the extent of insubordination of their superiors.
"Some of those junior officers can be very rude and in some instances insubordinate their superiors. They tell them they have been there for 10 years and have seen people come and go."
In October last year, Kindiki put the National Police Service on notice over the transfer of police officers.
He gave the NPS 60 days to implement the policy directive that no police officer should serve in one station for more than three years.
"No police officer should serve in one station for more than three years. The signal communicating this directive has already been relayed," Kindiki said while appearing before the Senate.