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President William Ruto has today established a national task force on the improvement of the terms and conditions of service and other reforms for members of the National Police Service and the Kenya Prisons Service.

The national task force will be headed by former Chief Justice David Maraga who will be deputized by Carole Kariuki.

Ruto noted that the formation of the 23-member task force was informed by the perennial welfare challenges that continue to compromise the efficacy and the ability of the National Police Service and the Kenya Prisons Service to deliver on their mandate.

The Head of State underscored that there is a compelling public interest in institutionalizing welfare reforms in the nation’s internal security organs whilst fostering the citizen-facing service elements of the National Police Service whose pace of reforms matches public expectations.

President @WilliamsRuto establishes a Taskforce on improvement of the terms and conditions of service and other reforms for members of the National Police Service and the Kenya Prisons Service. pic.twitter.com/bAly6NStBZ

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In a dispatch shared by StateHouse Spokesperson Hussein Mohamed, Ruto listed the objectives of the Maraga-led team.

The taskforce will be mandated to;

(a) Identify the legal.policy, administrative, institutional and operational constraints on effective service delivery by the National Police Service and the KenyaPrisons Service.
(b) Identify and recommend legal, policy, administrative, institutional and operational reforms in the NPS and KPS for effective service delivery:
(c)Review and recommend improvement of the terms and conditions of service:
(d) Review and recommend improvement of matters relating to the welfare of officers in all cadres of the NPS and KPS and all other matters incidental to the optimal service delivery by the NPS and KPS.
(e) Review and recommend any other matter incidental to improved terms and conditions of service and other reforms in the NPS and KPS.