Nairobi County Set to Hire 500 more Police Officers
Nairobi County is now planning to hire at least 500 inspectorate officers (city askaris) to beef up the security and compliance department.
Christine Juma 
According to the county, the department is currently understaffed, and the active employees are too old to execute their jobs properly.
“A total of 500 new officers will be recruited in the next financial year as the county looks at having the required workforce aimed at improved service delivery and prompt response,” reads the Nairobi County Annual Development Plan for the financial year ending June 30, 2023.
According to statistics the county the county currently has 2,567 inspectorate and compliance officers.
Inaddition,more than 1,000 inspectorate officers will be trained at Kiganjo Police Training College and Administration Police Training College in Embakasi by the county.
“We intend to build capacity of our staff through rolling out training programmes as well as ensure proper succession plan. We intend to rebrand and get rid of the culture associated with corruption and brutality, especially when dealing with hawkers,” Director of Enforcement Services Dr Mark Leleruk said
