The National Service Police Commission (NSPC) on Thursday announced an increase in police officers salaries that will see law enforcement officers earn more than they are currently taking home.

Speaking during a press conference on Thursday, NPSC Chairperson Eliud Kinuthia announced police constables are in line to receive a Ksh4,000 from from Ksh21,645 to Ksh25,645. 

The increase follows consultations with the National Police Service (NPS) with Acting Inspector General Masengeli recommending promotions and an increase in salaries for his officers.

Constables: Under the new review the longest-serving constable will earn a minimum monthly gross salary (including all allowances) of Ksh 21,645 up to Ksh25,645.

Administration Police Constables during a pass-out parade at Administration Police Training College, Embakasi, Nairobi, January 11, 2024. Photo Ministry of Interior

Under the new review, the longest-serving constable will earn a minimum monthly gross salary (including all allowances) of Ksh50,145 up to a maximum of Ksh69,640.

The maximum salary of Ksh69,640 is that of a constable who has gone through the notches and served more than 20 years.

The chair revealed that police officers in peacekeeping missions will receive similar remunerations. 

Senior Assistant Inspector General (SAIG): At the same time, the chair announced that senior assistant Inspector Generals of Police will earn Ksh21,026 more from Ksh200,899 to Ksh221,915 an equivalent to Ksh21,026 higher.

On the maximum and the minimum, the longest-serving Senior Assistant Inspector General will take a gross of Ksh310,725 to Ksh409,365 within the range of serving within the provided twenty notches in the structure.

The senior assistant general is the senior most in the ranks that the commission does not consider as state officers. 

The National Police allows police officers to serve up to twenty notches of salary increments each year. 

Police officers begin at entry at notch one which is Ksh25,645 and the following year they are moved to notch two where officers serve if promotion hasn’t come. “Even without promotions and change of ranks, we give incremental notches every year.”

The chair also disclosed that they had received complaints of stagnation by some long-serving officers. “The National Police Service Commission noted there are police officers who have served in the rank of police constable for more than 30 years and their discipline records are clean. This means they have stagnated for not any fault on their part,” the chair explained.

Following a review, Police officers aged between 53 to 59 without any disciplinary false have been recommended by the commission for promotion on merit. So far, the commission approved the promotion of 1,957 officers among them 87 females aged 53 to 59.