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Article 243 Β· Part 4β€”The National Police Service

Establishment of the National Police Service

In plain English

This Article creates the National Police Service, made up of the Kenya Police Service and the Administration Police Service. It is a national service working throughout Kenya.

The official text

(1) There is established the National Police Service.

(2) The National Police Service consists ofβ€”

(a) the Kenya Police Service; and

(b) the Administration Police Service.

(3) The National Police Service is a national service and shall function throughout Kenya.

(4) Parliament shall enact legislation to give full effect to this Article.

Summaries and answers are a plain-English guide written by Iam254, not legal advice. The official text is what counts. Official text: Constitution of Kenya, 2010, Kenya Law (National Council for Law Reporting), legislation as at 3 September 2010. It has not been amended since.