Kenya Police given Sh8.1b to lease vehicles ahead of elections

An armed policeman keeps watch outside the Treasury before the Cabinet Secretary went to deliver the budget statement.

NAIROBI: The Government has allocated Sh54.6 billion to boost security operations in the country during the 2017-2018 financial year.

Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich yesterday said Sh8.1 billion would be set aside for the leasing of police vehicles, Sh24.8 billion for police and military modernisation and Sh12 billion for enhanced security operations in a bid to sustain police mobility and security operations.