The National Police Service (NPS) in partnership with the United Kingdom (UK) has opened the Nanyuki policare centre worth Sh9 Million in Laikipia County.
It becomes the first one-stop centre for tackling sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) outside of Nairobi County.
Policare is coined from the words 'Police' and 'Care', and is designed to provide a practical service nationally for the prevention of and response to SGBV.
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Experts who will be based at the centre to provide support are forensic investigators, health providers, gender experts, legal experts, including a magistrate on call, and a representative from the office of the Director of Public Prosecution.
Speaking during the launch, Brig. Ronnie Westerman, Defence Adviser at the British High Commission noted that the UK was proud of its ground-breaking work to help to eradicate violence against women and girls
“We are privileged to be part of this partnership between the National Police Service, the UK’s REINVENT programme and BATUK. Programmes like POLICARE help women get all-round support, which is key for their well-being, safety and ultimately for their empowerment," Westerman stated.
The UK’s Reducing Insecurity and Violent Extremism in the Northern and Coastal regions of Kenya (REINVENT) programme has extended infrastructure support to the inaugural Policare centre in Nairobi.
The support included supplying computers and printers for the purpose of enhancing the SGBV data collection and management.
