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Give police officers cash for house allowances, says authority

A police house at Karatina Police Station, Nyeri County. About 63,000 officers live in deplorable conditions. [PHOTO: MOSE SAMMY/STANDARD]

The Government has been asked to stop providing police officers with housing and instead give them allowances.

A study by the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) recommended that the only exceptions to this should be specialised paramilitary police units.

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