Ruto: In the next 6 months every chief will have a tablet
By Cynthia Lodite, December 2, 2025President William Ruto has announced that within the next six months, every chief across the country will be equipped with a digital tablet.
Speaking on Tuesday, November 2, 2025, at the State House, Nairobi, during the Jukwaa la Usalama report, Ruto affirmed that the move is part of the government’s push for quick response time.
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“Kila Chief in the next six months atakua na tablet ya kufile report on a digital platform,” Ruto announced.
On his part, the Head of State further announced that the tablets will give all the Chiefs a platform to fill in reports on their day-to-day activities, indicating a clear explanation of the happenings within their areas of service.
“Unafile report kusema hii incident ilifanyika hapa, tulifanya hivi, ilienda namna hii,” Ruto said.
Ruto further noted that the tablet initiative is set to boost the rate of response time as well as the government’s response strategy.
“This is so that we can have a national database, we can increase our rate of response time, and our response strategy,” Ruto added.
Chiefs and Assistant Chiefs graduation
President William Ruto on Monday, December 1, 2025, presided over the graduation of 1,837 chiefs and assistant chiefs at the National Police College, Embakasi ‘A’ Campus in Nairobi.
The officers, who completed induction, paralegal, and security management courses, form the third cohort of the newly established training programme.
So far, 5,892 chiefs and assistant chiefs across the country have undergone the structured learning initiative aimed at improving service delivery and governance at the grassroots.
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The ceremony represents a milestone in the government’s ongoing reforms to professionalise the National Government Administration Officers (NGAOs), who for decades have operated without formalised training despite their critical role in community leadership and national cohesion.
Chiefs and assistant chiefs remain key figures in dispute resolution, coordination of security operations, management of public order and the implementation of state programmes.
While addressing the graduates, Ruto reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to enhancing professionalism across the public sector.
He noted that the last formal training for NGAOs was conducted in 2016 and that the absence of continuous skilling had weakened administrative efficiency at the local level.
“We are committed to reforming and professionalising public administration to make it more efficient and citizen-focused,” Ruto said.