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Government to restore police officers to chiefs in latest grassroots shakeup

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kindiki Kithure addresses a security meeting at Mtwapa in Kilifi County. [Omondi Onyango, Standard]

Chiefs will have at least five police officers assigned to them and be required to keep work plans and a register of services, as the government mulls empowering grassroots administrators.

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki said the considerations are intended to make the 3,950 chiefs and their 9,043 assistants more effective and accountable to the public.

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