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Ruto unveils Sh28 billion plan to modernise police, prison services

President William Ruto receives a copy of the National Police Service and State Department of Correctional Service Strategic Plans (2023-2027) from Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja at Kenya School of Government in Nairobi, on December 13, 2024. [PCS]

The government will modernise the National Police Service at a cost of Sh28 billion over the next two years, President William Ruto has said.

The ambitious modernisation programme will include new equipment and weapons, digitisation of police operations as well as constructing new housing units for police officers.

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