The Ministry of Interior and National Administration has rolled out a major leadership training program targeting more than 8,000 chiefs and assistant chiefs across the country, in a bid to strengthen grassroots governance and improve public service delivery.
Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen on Friday inaugurated the first cohort of 1,000 officers drawn from all 47 counties at the National Police College, Embakasi ‘A’ Campus.
The three-week intensive course will equip the officers with paralegal knowledge, security management skills, and modern governance tools to enhance their ability to handle emerging challenges at the local level.
“It’s unbelievable that the last time chiefs and assistant chiefs attended a course of this kind was in 2018. We are therefore, not only launching a training course; we are making a new chapter in how we govern and secure our country from the grassroots up,” said Murkomen.
The CS disclosed that some officers were attending the training after more than two decades in service without prior capacity building, with some last inducted as far back as 1983. He said the program was informed by feedback from the recently concluded “Jukwaa la Usalama” security forums across counties.
Murkomen assured participants that those who successfully complete the training will be considered for immediate promotions, addressing delays in career progression that have long frustrated administrators. “This year alone, 87 chiefs and 58 assistant chiefs have been promoted to higher job groups. At the end of this training, we will also be able to process your promotions,” he said.
To improve welfare and working conditions, the Interior Ministry has introduced Standard Operating Procedures to streamline collaboration between administrators and the newly established National Government Administration Police Unit (NGAPU).
Murkomen also announced that thousands of new uniforms will be distributed directly to counties, saving officers the burden of traveling to Nairobi for collection.
Additionally, the ministry is working with the National Treasury to expand the government vehicle leasing program, aimed at easing officers’ mobility in discharging their duties.
“This induction, paralegal and security management training is a strategic upgrade of our grassroots administration. The course will empower you with legal knowledge, strategic thinking, and modern security tools.
More capacity building and welfare enhancement programs are lined up for NGAOs and other security agencies,” Murkomen affirmed.
The training forms part of the government’s broader effort, under President William Ruto’s Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA), to modernize the security sector and ensure effective service delivery from the grassroots.
