Parliament eyes changes to clarify roles in police service

Inspector General of police Douglas Kanja during the official commissioning of two boreholes at the National Police Service's Embakasi campuses under the initiative, " Kuzingatia Mazingira Yetu".[FILE/Standard

National Assembly Committee on Administration and Internal Security chairperson, Gabriel Tongoyo, has indicated plans to propose amendments to the Constitution to resolve what he described as overlaps between the National Police Service (NPS) and the National Police Service Commission (NPSC).

Speaking during a joint dialogue between the NPS, development partners and the parliamentary committee at the National Police Leadership College in Ngong, he said constitutional ambiguities have been a major source of conflict between the two institutions, especially regarding recruitment, command and discipline.