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National Police Service Act

109. Service of police officers of reciprocating country in Kenya

Edition: 2023-09-15 · In force

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109. Service of police officers of reciprocating country in Kenya

(1)The President may make application to the Government of a reciprocating country for police officers of that country to be sent to Kenya for service therin for the purpose of assisting the Service in a temporary emergency.
(2)Whenever police officers from a reciprocating country are present in Kenya in pursuance of an application made under subsection (1)—
(a)the police officers shall be under the command of a senior officer of the Service;
(b)they shall have and may exercise the powers, and shall be liable to perform the duties, of police officers of equivalent rank in the Service, and shall for that purpose be deemed to be members of the Service;
(c)any contract of service between such an officer and his Government may be enforced in Kenya in the same way and with the same effect as if it were made between the officer and the Government of Kenya.
(3)The Inspector-General shall make Regulations on the use of firearms or security equipment of foreign police services in Kenya.[Act No. 11 of 2014, s. 40.]
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Source: Kenya Law