The government has
created a new police unit that will help chiefs conduct operations
in villages.
Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen will Friday, January 24 unveil the National Government Administration Unit (NGAPU) in Kwale.
Officials said Murkomen and his Principal Secretary Raymond Omollo will also launch the Administration Police Service Roadmap to Service Delivery Revitalization (2025-2028) and the National
NGAPU is under the APS and is the newest unit in the service.
Deputy President Kithure Kindiki had in 2022 announced plans to allocate five police officers to each chief in the country.
Kindiki said that all 3,950 chiefs and their 9,043 assistants
countrywide would be allocated the officers in a bid to foster law and order in
their governance.
“We are working towards reorganising ourselves between the National Government Administration Officers (NGAOs) and the police to ensure, as it was before, that every chief has police officers attached to them to enable them to be able to enforce law and order,” Kindiki, then CS for Interior said.
He said the government would empower the Chiefs and support them while striking a balance to ensure that the country does not return to the era of all-powerful and notorious administrators.
This, he said, would be done by providing all administrators including commissioners with mandatory service charters outside their offices and work plans in order to inject competence and discourage them from engaging in partisan politics.
According to a draft released, the main functions of NGAPU will
include supporting National Government Administrative Officers (NGAO) in the
management of security and the execution of their duties and responsibilities
in all Administrative Units.
They will also provide security and support to NGAO in the execution of their functions, especially in the maintenance of law and order and provide protective security to Government premises.
Further, the personnel will assist in the enforcement of
national policies, laws, and regulations provide security during high-risk
operations conducted by NGAOs such as land disputes, regulatory enforcement,
campaigns against alcohol and drug abuse and provide security during public
functions including barazas.
They will also conduct functions of apprehension of suspects and preservation of exhibits, support NGAO in conflict management and peace-building initiatives and collaborate with other law enforcement agencies to address incidents requiring coordinated efforts.
They will ensure compliance with national directives that
involve public safety and protective security and implementation of any other
lawful orders as may be directed by authorities.
The Unit Headquarters are situated in Nairobi and subsidiary Formations are to be found at Regional, County, Sub County, Divisional and Locational levels.
APS has formed units that include the Special Weapons and Tactics (Swat) team, the Camel Unit, the Rapid Deployment Unit, the Border Patrol Unit, the APS Stock Theft Prevention Unit and the Critical Infrastructure Protection Unit.
Under BPU, there are AP Special Forces that comprise the Special Recce Team (SRT), the Special Operations Group (SOG), the Camel Calvary Team as well as Swat.
They all report to the Deputy Inspector General of APS, who reports to the IG.
