SPEECH BY MR. DAVID MWOLE KIMAIYO MGH, CBS, INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE NATIONAL POLICE SERVICE DURING THE PASSING OUT PARADE OF THE RECRUITS DETAIL OF 2013 ON 4TH APRIL 2014 AT THE KENYA POLICE COLLEGE, KIGANJO • Your Excellency, Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta; C.G.H, President and Commander in chief of Defence Forces of the Republic of Kenya, • Deputy President H.E William Samoei Ruto The Cabinet Secretary for Interior and Coordination of National Government, • The Chief of Staff and Head of Public Service Mr. Joseph Kinyua • The Director General NIS Maj. Gen Michael Gichagi • The Principal Secretary Interior Mr. Mutea Iringo • The Chairman National Police Commission Mr. Johnston Kavuludi • Members of Parliament Present • Retired Senior Police Officers • Senior Police Officers • Parents and Graduants • Ladies and Gentlemen; First and foremost I would like to take this opportunity to thank His Excellency the President for finding time out of his busy schedule to honour the National Police Service with this maiden visit to the Kenya Police College Kiganjo, for the purpose of presiding over the passing out parade of the recruit detail of 2013. A total of 2209 recruits comprising of (1145) males and (1064) females are standing before you today, ready to go out and join their colleagues in law enforcement duties in various parts of the country. The graduants assembled here form the second detail, following the introduction of a new police training curriculum, which stretched the training period from 9 to 15 months, having reported here on the 12th day of January, 2013. Your Excellency, I would like to mention here that after a careful consideration and evaluation of the course content, we have decided to review the training period back to nine months as it can be covered within that period. The other portion of the period will be covered in a probationary period in the field. This will allow us to recruit at least once every year in the Government’s effort to increase the police to the public ratio. These officers have endured rigorous and energy sapping training in preparation for this moment and are rearing to go. I proudly report to you that they have acquired diverse knowledge and skills especially in key learning areas introduced in the new curriculum such as Human Rights, Gender, Sociology, Criminal Intelligence, Cyber Forensics, Investigation and Community Policing among others. Besides the classroom training, the students are taken on a one month internship program which exposed them to the nature of work they expect to find when they are posted to serve the Kenyans. They were tested in the various units that they learnt and those who passed well will be awarded with Diploma and Post Graduate Diploma certificates in policing. Your Excellency, since the inception of the new curriculum, a total of 14,000 recruits have been trained in all the three police training institutions: Administration Police Training College, General Service Unit Training School and Kenya Police College here in Kiganjo. Apart from this, the two Police Services and the Directorate of Criminal Investigation have also partnered with universities to provide courses tailor made for police officers. Very soon, a senior management course program will be launched at the Kenya Police Staff College, Loresho. The program is a joint venture of the Kenya Police, Kenyatta University and Bramshill College of Policing, UK and will offer training to senior officers up to the level of Masters Degree. Your Excellency, community policing and the Nyumba Kumi initiative still remains one of the most preferred strategies of crime management by the Service. A community policing policy draft has also been developed and a capacity building and in-service retraining program for police officers in advanced courses has commenced. In addition, the National Police Service jointly with Coordination of National Government has initiated an outreach community policing program, targeting the youth, religious organizations and schools to create awareness on community policing and to enlist their support and participation. Consequently, the rolling out of community policing programs in Counties such as Kajiado, Bungoma, Isiolo, Bomet, Nyamira, Nairobi, Lamu, Garissa, Muranga, Kwale and Kiambu is on course. The surge in organized crime, cyber crime and terrorist threats continue to pose a challenge to all of us in the country and globally. Proactive strategies are continuously being put in place to counter and mitigate this unwelcome phenomenon. A joint command and control operation centre has been established at the National Police Service Headquarters Nairobi and it’s fully operational. The centre comprises of a call centre and a linkage with CCTV Surveillance system that will be linked across the country. The 999 and 122 emergency call lines have been activated with over 20 service lines. A website (usalamawatch.go.ke) has been developed where members of the public can send complaints, tips and any other information relevant in combating crime. More so, an ICT technical committee has been established to develop a strategy for the roll out of ICT infrastructure for the National Police Service. To this end, the National Police Service has acquired more 800 Computers and 500 Radio communication sets. The installing of CCTV systems for Nairobi, Mombasa, Nakuru and Kisumu will make tracking down of criminals much easier. Your Excellency, road accidents have in the recent past drawn one of the biggest attention of occurrences in our country. The Service will continue to work jointly with the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure together with other partners so that Kenyans throughout the country can be assured of safety on our roads. Police commanders at the County down to station level, who are charged with the responsibility of enforcement of traffic rules and regulations have been put on notice that they will be held personally accountable for violation of the same within their areas of jurisdiction. Let me at this juncture remind Police officers across the country that it is expected of them to adhere to our code of conduct and ethics in all their undertakings. Corruption and all forms of professional misconducts, besides being criminal is morally unacceptable those that engage in such vices have no place in the modern National Police Service. I instruct all officers wherever they are to embrace integrity and serve members of the public with courtesy, humility and dedication. Allow me Your Excellency to take this opportunity to thank your Government for showing unrelenting commitment to improve the general welfare and tooling of the Service despite the numerous challenges that we face as a country. I wish to assure you of the National Police support by ensuring that law and order is maintained throughout the country and that peace and tranquility prevails. Finally sir, I want to conclude by saying once again that it is indeed a great honor to the graduants, friends and parents to have you today to officiate this passing out parade. Thank you once more for finding time and may the Almighty God bless you Your Excellency. I now take this opportunity to invite the Cabinet Secretary Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government, Mr. Joseph Ole Lenku to come and give his remarks and thereafter invites you to address the granduants and the Nation at large. DAVID M. KIMAIYO, CBS, DSM INSPECTOR GENERAL NATIONAL POLICE SERVICE
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