Government announces pay rise for Police, Prison and NYS officers
NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 4 – Government has announced reforms across the Kenya Police Service, Kenya Prisons Service and National Youth Service are being implemented under a structured four-pillar transformation framework designed to strengthen service delivery, professionalism and accountability.
The reform agenda focuses on Institutional Capacity Development, Operational Preparedness and Logistical Capacity, Oversight and Accountability and lastly; Human Resource Management and Development.
Within the aim of improving welfare, terms and conditions of service, and staff development; the last phase of salary raises for all Police and Prisons officers as well as those in the National Youth Service will be effected this July.
The announcement follows a meeting of the National Steering Committee on the implementation of reforms in the NPS, KPS and NYS, chaired by the Principal Secretary for Internal Security and National Administration, Dr. Raymond Omollo.
The committee reviewed the progress made and noted that this will be the highest cumulative pay increases for officers over three consecutive years since independence.
In the proposed pay raise, a National Police Service officer serving in the lowest cadre, a constable, will now earn a maximum of Ksh 57,700 up from Ksh 38,975, representing a raise of 48 per cent a similar cap has been implemented for their equivalent officer in the Kenya Prisons Service.
Constables graduating from various police training colleges will now get a starting salary of Ksh 29,296 up from Ksh 20, 390 earned by their colleagues before July, 2024. This represents a salary raise of 44 per cent.
Additionally, the NYS officers in the lowest cadre will get a minimum of Ksh 26,222 and a maximum of Ksh 37,912.
Prior to the implementation of the new salary policy the officers earned a minimum of Sh 19,800 and a maximum of 32, 315. Once fully effected, the highest serving Police Officer will earn a maximum monthly basic pay of Ksh 345,850 up from Ksh 289,090 representing a 20 per cent increase.
The highest paid officers of the KPS will now earn a minimum of Ksh 301,548 and a maximum of Ksh 584,903 up from a previous minimum of Ksh 292,765 and a maximum of Ksh 576,120. This is a similar case to their contemporary in NYS.
Officers from all three services started earning the raised pay when the Government announced that all officers in the National Police Service, Kenya Prisons Service and National Youth Service would get a salary raise to be paid in phases effective July 1, 2024.
Overall, the three institutions have now implemented more than 50 percent of the planned reform actions, demonstrating sustained momentum across the security sector.
The National Police Service leads with 57.2 percent overall implementation, while the Kenya Prisons Service and the National Youth Service are progressing at comparable levels.
