Kiganjo: Prime Cabinet Secretary’s spouse, Mrs. Tessie Musalia, has handed over a borehole to the National Police Training College main campus in Kiganjo, Nyeri.

According to Kenya News Agency, the borehole, commissioned in February this year, is part of four water projects Mrs. Musalia is implementing in police training colleges across the country through her Ushirika Wema Foundation. The initiative aims to improve the welfare of police officers. During the ceremony, Mrs. Musalia also provided a water storage facility and a water distribution system to the college.

Mrs. Musalia emphasized that the project not only aims to provide clean water but also intends to enhance resilience against climate change impacts. She stated, ‘Today, we are not just inaugurating infrastructure, we are inaugurating hope and a renewed commitment to enhance resilience for the welfare and dignity of our officers. We are inaugurating our collective responsibility to ensure our officers work and live in an environment that respect
s their humanity, safeguards their health and upholds their dignity.’

The project is set to expand to the National Police College in Embakasi A campus, the General Service Unit Embakasi B campus in Utawala, General Service Unit, Drive-in camp, and Utawala academy in Nairobi.

Nyale Munga, Commandant of Kiganjo National Police Training College, highlighted that the project will significantly reduce the college’s reliance on external water suppliers, cutting water expenses by half. He noted that this would align with the state directive for state corporations to reduce recurrent expenditure. ‘Sometimes I get hard feelings when I am requesting for money from the Inspector General to pay for our water bills. I want to believe that that will reduce tremendously and it is good news for us. We are grateful because saving government resources with the current austerity measures is a good move towards making us move forward,’ said Munga.

Inspector General of Police, Douglas Kanja, urged officers to maintain the reso
urces under their care. To ensure project sustainability, Kanja instructed officers to regularly service the water storage facility and distribution system to ensure uninterrupted clean water access. ‘The National Police Service has had the privilege of receiving support from various donors and development partners. It is now our collective responsibility to protect the resources entrusted to the service and ensure they are of benefit not only to us but also the people we serve,’ said Kanja.