Deputy President William Ruto and Uasin Gishu Governor Jackson Mandago during the launch of county security vehicles in Eldoret, Friday. [PHOTO: PETER OCHIGNG/STANDARD]

Deputy President William Ruto has said those donating vehicles to the police should also surrender their log books.

He said the new Government policy that requires individuals to relinquish the cars’ documents would help avoid a situation where police vehicles are owned by private individuals creating room for bias and comprise in operations.

He said the logbooks must be surrendered to the Police Service such that their identity is transformed to the Government.

“We do not want to envisage a situation where police vehicles, which is a national government function, are owned by private individuals,” he said.

The DP spoke yesterday in Eldoret during the hand over of eight police vehicles and two ambulances to the Uasin Gishu County Government donated by his friends.

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He said security was the National Government’s mandate, adding that Uasin Gishu County benefited from 14 police vehicles acquired last year.

“We will equally purchase an additional 1,200 police vehicles in this financial year besides recruiting 10,000 security personnel to guarantee the safety of our children and women and our property,” he said.

The DP added that the Government had further procured a new communications system for the police to increase their efficiency in responding to alerts.

Ruto said the country was at a historic moment of transformation that must be utilised for nation building for the benefit of all Kenyans.