Ruto orders purchase of 3,000 electric vehicles for administrative officers

Speaking while receiving the Jukwaa la Afya report on Tuesday at State House, President Ruto noted that the National Government Administration Officers lack enough vehicles to facilitate their movement around their duty stations, crippling service delivery.

He stated that the officers lack of fuel for the cars, and the electric vehicles will increase mobility and allow the officers to work effectively.

"CS (Murkomen), now let us purchase 3,000 new cars for administrative duties, we will buy electric vehicles to avoid fuel problems," he said.

As part of the reforms he has introduced to streamline service delivery for the officers, Ruto also ordered that officers over 50 years old should be posted near their homes as they prepare for retirement.

He also ordered that constables aged 50 and above be promoted to allow them to secure a fitting retirement plan.

"On the other ranks we have agreed on how they are going to be promoted," Ruto noted.

To also tame the challenge of having officers changing their social orientation upon transfer, Ruto instructed that no duty changes should be made within a year to safeguard the officers' social welfare.

"No officer will work in an operation area for more than three years," President Ruto further directed.

This comes a day after about 1,837 chiefs and assistant chiefs graduated at the National Police College Embakasi ‘A’ Campus, Nairobi, on Monday.

President Ruto, who presided over the ceremony, ordered that all administration officers undergo mandatory training that will enable the government to achieve effective service delivery.

He added that the last training was undertaken in 2016, prompting a dire need to increase training programmes to improve the process of implementing government projects.

Training for another 6,000 chiefs and assistant chiefs is set to begin.