The change of policy announced by President Uhuru Kenyatta on 13 Sept 2018 that will see junior officers rent their own houses was a welcome move in some quarters and spelled financial ruin to others. Until now, only officers above the rank of inspector earn house allowances. The move to abolish the mandatory free housing for 70,000 junior officers will save the government upto kes3billion. Police and prison officers have until the end of this month to vacate the leased houses and seek alternative housing as tenants. This will deal a big blow to landlords who made millions leasing houses to police officers. Here is a breakdown of police officers and prison warders house allowances:
Constables
Plans to pay constables assigned in Nairobi kes18,124 and kes13,124 for those working in Mombasa, Nakuru, Meru and Uasin Gishu kes13,124 were shelved as it went against Government policy that does not allow allowances to exceed or to be at par with an employee’s salary.
Constables and corporals housing and commuter allowances will be as follows:
Nairobi
kes9,500 house allowances
Commuter Allowance
Constable and corporal to earn kes3,000 and 4,000 respectively
Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru, Nyeri, Eldoret, Thika, Kisii, Malindi, Kitale and Kakamega will receive kes7,000 and kes5,700 for officers in other regions.
Police Inspector
Nairobi-kes24,000 (rent)
Commuter
Kes4,000
Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru, Nyeri, Eldoret, Thika, Kisii, Malindi, Kitale and Kakamega to receive 15,000 house allowance while those assigned in other regions will be paid 11,000.
Chief Inspector
Nairobi-27,000 (rent)
Commuter allowance-kes5,000
Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru, Nyeri, Eldoret, Thika, Kisii, Malindi, Kitale and Kakamega to receive will be paid kes18,000 while the rest will be content with kes13,000.
Senior Superintendent
Nairobi-kes36,000 (rent)
Commuter-kes8,000
Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru, Nyeri, Eldoret, Thika, Kisii, Malindi, Kitale and Kakamega will be paid kes28,000 while the rest will do with 21,500
Commissioner of Police
Nairobi-kes 45,000 (Rent)
Commuter allowance-kes12,000
Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru, Nyeri, Eldoret, Thika, Kisii, Malindi, Kitale and Kakamega will be paid kes34,000 while the rest will do with 24,000
Assistant Inspector General of Police
Nairobi-kes55,000
Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru, Nyeri, Eldoret, Thika, Kisii, Malindi, Kitale and Kakamega will be paid kes40,000 while the rest will receive kes28,800.