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Kenyans to access digital OBs from April, Interior PS Omollo says

Kenyans will no longer need to visit police stations to report incidents beginning in April this year, Interior and National Administration Principal Secretary Raymond Omollo has said.

This was after the European Union agreed to digitise services offered by the National Police Service, including occurrence books.

European Union Ambassador to Kenya Henriette Geiger met with Interior and National Administration Principal Secretary Raymond Omollo during which two discussed support by the EU on the programme.

“PS Raymond Omollo met with the European Union Ambassador to Kenya, Henriette Geiger to discuss support for the digitization of the National Police Service,” the Interior ministry announced on their X account.

The ministry said central of these efforts is the introduction of a digital system for processing traffic fines and the implementation of a digital occurrence book.

Digitization of the Occurrence Book began in 2017 when the National Police Service was advised to stop the use of the physical Occurrence Book.

The digital OB was introduced as part of a police reform program to modernize police operations.

It was piloted at the Kasarani Police Station in Nairobi on November 22, 2019, by the former Inspector General of Police, Hillary Mutyambai.

The digital OB was then officially launched by the then Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i, on November 3, 2020.

 

 

 

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