New police uniforms to be locally made- CS Matiang’i insists

Inspector General of Police in new Uniforms
Inspector General of Police in new Uniforms

Interior Cabinet Secretary, Dr. Fred Matiang’i, has insisted that new police uniforms will be locally made. Speaking today at the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development, KICD, Dr Matiang’i said the government will not succumb to any pressure to procure the uniforms from abroad.

Speaking at the KICD, Dr Matiang’i said; “Buy Kenya, build Kenya. We have people who can work here in Kenya. We as the government need to provide employment to our people and importing such things is going against it.”

Inspector General of Police in new Uniforms
Inspector General of Police in new Uniforms

According to Matiang’i, the new police uniforms will be procured and made locally in line with the police reforms that were launched in the presence of the president, HE Uhuru Kenyatta, on 13th September 2018

Matiang’i made the pronouncement when he  met with the National Assembly’s Parliamentary Caucus on the transport sector reforms.