By The Weekly Vision Reporter
The High Court has ordered the National Police Service to compensate several officers who sustained injuries in the line of duty but were denied payment for years due to bureaucratic delays. In a ruling delivered on Thursday last week, Justice Lawrence Mugambi criticised the service for what he termed as “inhumane neglect” of officers who suffered permanent disabilities while protecting the public. The court found that delays in processing compensation claims violated the officers’ constitutional rights and constituted unfair labour practices.
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