Police officers will start receiving their 40 per cent salary increase from July, Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has said.
The pay rise is in line with the recommendations made by the Taskforce chaired by former Chief Justice David Maraga.
The report states that the review is to be achieved over the next three years.
Prison officers alongside those in the National Youth Service (NYS) are also set to enjoy the benefit of what is seen as a move to improve service delivery in the security sector.
"When the morale of the officers is boosted, they will take care of Kenyans even better. We are aware of housing challenges, allowances and salary and the president has fully addressed that," he said.
Speaking at King'ong'o Maximum Prison in Nyeri, Gachagua assured uniformed officers that the Kenya Kwanza administration is committed to reforming the national security sector.
When he received the final report last November, President William Ruto directed the Salaries Remuneration Commission to embark on measures to make the necessary adjustments for the same.
Ruto stated that the salary increase as well as other proposed reforms would deal with the problems identified by the task force - underfunding, deficient leadership, structural and organisational weakness and corruption.
“The review of the terms and conditions of service for our men and women in uniform will enhance their morale and transform our security. It will increase our capacity to protect Kenyans, their belonging, their freedom and their interests in the appropriate environment for investments and enterprises to grow and thrive,” he said.
The Taskforce was established on December 21, 2022, through a Gazzete notice.
Its mandate was to access and recommend improvement of working and living conditions of police officers and identify and recommend legal, policy, administrative, institutional, and operational reforms in the National Police Service (NPS) and Kenya Police Service and National Youth Service for effective service delivery.
The National Police Service Commission (NPSC) unveiled in August the third remuneration review cycle for the officers and civilians within the service for 2021-2025.
The review put the montly salary of a newly recruited constable at Sh21,645.
The salary scale for all officers-based on their ranks and years in service-received an increase of between Sh1,255 to Sh9,439.
Until then, police officers had not had a salary increase since 2020.
A long-serving constable who has been earning Sh38,975 per month currently receives Sh40,354 while a new corporal officer pockets Sh27,879.
A recently promoted sergeant officer takes home Sh38, 829 up from the current Sh36, 450 whereas a long serving officer in the same rank gets Sh55,049 up from Sh53, 570.