Deputy president-elect Rigathi Gachagua has hinted that all the county askaris will go for mandatory refresher training if Kenya Kwanza Alliance officially assumes office.

Gachagua was speaking in Mombasa on Thursday where he was drumming up support for Mombasa UDA gubernatorial candidate Hassan Omar.

He stated that there was a need to retrain the county officers who have earned a bad name from harassing traders in various towns in Kenya.

According to Gachagua, Kenya Kwanza governors have agreed upon the said training.

"In UDA, we have agreed with the governors that the county askaris must go back to training so that they realise that the citizens are not their enemies but their bosses," Gachagua

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He said the county officers should treat traders humanely even as they perform their duties.

Gachagua also said he would attend the session because their administration seeks to transform the image of county officials.

"When you become a governor, please call these askaris to a meeting. I will also attend that meeting so that we can tell them that the harassing of traders is long gone," he said.

County law enforcement officers have earned a bad name for the way they handle traders in most towns across the country. 

Cases have been reported in which the county askaris have been accused of being unprofessional and harming hawkers especially in Nairobi.