The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights has criticized the Police Service Commission for slashing the salaries of officers who have acquired higher academic qualifications.
The commission’s chair Johnstone Kavuludi has however refuted the allegations saying no officers have resigned.
This comes in the wake of reports that over 1,000 police officers tendered their resignation letters to the Inspector General Joseph Boinnett protesting the pay cut.
In a statement from the KNHC that was presented by the chairperson Kagwire Mbogori, the move is a violation of the officers’ economic rights.
“The ripple effect of such a decision will lead to no morale of the police officers, and affect the police reforms that have been made in the recent past,” she said.
Kavuludi has however termed the allegations baseless, saying the commission has not received any resignation letter from any officer.
“That’s a creation of the media, because normally anyone of us desiring to resign will address the letter to the employer, and I confirmed with the CEO of the National Police Service Commission that he had received no letter of resignation,” said Kavuludi.