{"id":215492,"date":"2024-09-06T06:15:59","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T06:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/06\/police-salaries-hiked-entry-level-constables-to-earn-up-to-kes-25645\/"},"modified":"2024-09-06T06:15:59","modified_gmt":"2024-09-06T06:15:59","slug":"police-salaries-hiked-entry-level-constables-to-earn-up-to-kes-25645","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/06\/police-salaries-hiked-entry-level-constables-to-earn-up-to-kes-25645\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Salaries Hiked: Entry-Level Constables to Earn Up to KES. 25,645"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-319437\" alt=\"\" width=\"916\" height=\"592\"  data-lazy- src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/POPO.jpg\"\/><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-319437\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/POPO.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"916\" height=\"592\"  \/>The National Police Service Commission (NPSC) has confirmed an increase in the basic salaries for entry-level police constables from Kes. 21,645 to Kes. 25,645.<\/p>\n<p>This adjustment fulfills the Government\u2019s commitment to the Maraga Taskforce\u2019s recommendations, which advocated for higher salaries for Kenyan police officers.<\/p>\n<p>At a press conference on Thursday, NPSC Chairperson Eliud Kinuthia revealed that the new salary represents a Kes. 4,000 increase from the previous amount.<\/p>\n<p>With these new salary scales, the longest-serving Police Constable will earn a minimum gross monthly salary of Kes. 50,145, up to a maximum of Kes. 69,640.<\/p>\n<p>For Senior Assistant Inspector Generals (SAIGs), the entry-level basic salary will range from Kes. 200,889 to Kes. 221,915, marking an increase of Kes. 21,026.<\/p>\n<p>The longest-serving SAIGs will now receive a minimum monthly gross salary of Kes. 310,725, with a maximum of Kes. 409,365.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Promotions<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>In addition, the commission has approved the promotion of 1,957 police officers. Kinuthia said these promotions are intended to motivate officers as they near the mandatory retirement age of 60.<\/p>\n<p>The commission acknowledged complaints about officers\u2019 stagnation and its adverse effects on their morale and performance.<\/p>\n<p>The NPSC has asked Douglas Kanja, the acting Inspector-General of the National Police Service, to review the files of officers aged 53 to 59 who have no disciplinary issues and recommend those eligible for promotion based on merit.<\/p>\n<p>The Chief Inspector of Police will handle the identification, appraisal, selection, and recommendation for promotions of police constables.<\/p>\n<p>The promotions will address command gaps in the lower ranks, manage exits due to natural attrition, and counterbalance the reduction in force over the past three years without new recruitments.<\/p>\n<p>The commission recommended promoting to the next rank, 31 Chief Inspectors, 88 Inspectors, 24 Senior Sergeants, 98 Sergeants, 319 Corporals, and 629 Police Constables.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Police Service Commission (NPSC) has confirmed an increase in the basic salaries for entry-level police constables from Kes. 21,645 to Kes. 25,645. 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At a press conference on Thursday, NPSC Chairperson Eliud Kinuthia revealed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":215493,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-215492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-kenya-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Police Salaries Hiked: Entry-Level Constables to Earn Up to KES. 25,645 - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/06\/police-salaries-hiked-entry-level-constables-to-earn-up-to-kes-25645\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Police Salaries Hiked: Entry-Level Constables to Earn Up to KES. 25,645 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The National Police Service Commission (NPSC) has confirmed an increase in the basic salaries for entry-level police constables from Kes. 21,645 to Kes. 25,645. 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