Vol. CXXIV No. 281

GAZETTE NOTICE NO. 15792

THE NATIONAL TASKFORCE ON IMPROVEM ENT OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE AND OTHER REFORMS FOR MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL POLICE SERVICE AND KENYA PRISONS SERVICE APPOINTMENT WHEREAS perennial welfare challenges continue to compromise the efficacy and ability of the National Police Service and Kenya Prisons Service to effectively deliver on their solemn mandate; WHEREAS the Administration has instituted reforms to steer the nation towards an autonomous, accountable, and responsive National Police Service; WHEREAS the ongoing reforms build on past efforts aimed at tooling and retooling of our security organs, as Kenya seeks to make our security organs more capable of addressing the security challenges that the country faces; WHEREAS the imperative of strengthening the security sector remains a national priority and the primary means of surmounting the emerging and dynamic security challenges we face; and WHEREAS there is a compelling public interest in institutionalizing welfare reforms of our internal security organs whilst also fostering the citizen-facing service elements of the National Police Service whose pace of reform matches public expectations: NOW therefore, I, William Samoei Ruto, President and Commander-in-Chief of the Kenya Defence Forces, in exercise of the powers conferred on the Head of State and Government by the Constitution