New police house allowances to be paid in January

The sorry state of housing at Karatina Police Station in Mathira, Nyeri County. [Mose Sammy/Standard]

Police and prison officers will start receiving a new commuter allowance at the end of January.

However, proposed housing allowances have been slashed and the officers have less than 18 days to vacate State-leased houses and start living in their own rented houses.