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How police, KDF tug-of-war over Airwing control puts lives at risk

National

By Francis Ontomwa | Sep 27, 2024

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**National Police Service airwing at Wilson Airport, Nairobi.** [File, Standard]

In what appears to be an emerging tension between the National Police Service (NPS) and the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF), the police are now pushing for the return of their Airwing, currently under the control of the military.

The Maraga Taskforce report on police reforms now questions the validity of the 2019 presidential directive by then President Uhuru Kenyatta that transferred the Police Airwing to the National Air Support Department (NASD), a military-led unit.

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