Junior police officers in Nairobi now live in squalor following the implementation of the presidential police housing directive. Some officers, mainly those in Nairobi, expressed their discontent with the directive even before it was implemented. The Star can now reveal that some of the officers live in pathetic conditions, either alone or with their families, in some of the slums. The government had initially planned to pay constables working in Nairobi Sh18,124 for monthly house rent and those in Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru, Meru, Uasin Gishu Sh13,124. They said some of their colleagues moved to neighbouring counties to avoid the slum life.

Source: The Star January 18, 2020 02:15 UTC