Interior PS Karanja Kibicho has responded to the Kenya Kwanza Alliance presidential running mate Rigathi Gachagua's comments regarding the recently introduced police uniform saying he should respect Woman's Guild

Kibicho said the Police Uniforms Committee approved the uniforms following the merging of the Administration Police and the Kenya Police Force.


The PS said it was unfortunate for a politician to make such remarks about the police uniform and disparage the church at the same time for political gain at the expense of vulnerable institutions.

Kibicho also said the uniforms were locally procured for the betterment of several Kenyan citizens who were involved in the production of the uniforms under the Buy Kenya, Build Kenya policy.

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"Our officers now are better kitted at much lower costs. The policy has tremendously grown the local textile industry and created many direct and indirect jobs that support thousands of families," Kibicho said.

"Rigathi Gachagua should respect PCEA Woman's Guild...saying that blue police uniforms are shameful and that should be given to women is wrong, if they are bad he should have said they should be burned."

The PS said the government’s move to engage local manufacturers has frustrated the efforts of cartels that have benefitted from corrupt public procurement ventures.

While speaking in Nyandarua during the Kenya Kwanza economic forum on Saturday, Gachagua said if they win the August election they will revert to the previous police uniform and reserve the current one for the Presbyterian Church of East Africa (PCEA) Woman’s Guild.


"Even this blue uniform that they do not want, we will get it from you and return the previous one. We will return the current blue one to the PCEA church. That one in the Woman’s Guild uniform," Gachagua said.

Gachagua’s remarks have since been met with mixed reactions from Kenyans, with a majority asking him to mind his business and leave the police alone.

A great number was also not amused by Gachagua’s remarks terming them as demeaning to both the police and women.