Officers dismiss new house allowance plan

Kenya Police Service recruits at a past graduation in 2017. They are saying the latest housing pay deal is worse than what they had before. [File, Standard]

Police are grumbling over reduced allowances, which they claim are not enough to rent them decent houses, especially in Nairobi.

The discontent is widespread among junior officers in Nairobi who say the Sh9,500 housing allowance they have been offered is too little — once other deductions like pay-as-you-earn and running expenses like water and electricity are factored in.