Vision

Mission

We are committed to providing quality police service to meet the expectations of our customers by upholding the rule of the law and maintaining strong community partnership for conducive socia-economic and political development of Kenya.

Sections

At the Provincial Police Headquarters, the Provincial Police Officer is assisted by his deputy, who is his Principal Assistant. Apart from the Deputy PPO, there are other senior officers at the Headquarters who assist him. These include, The Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of Administration, the SSP Headquarters, the Staff Officer in charge of operations,SSP, the SO (A), SP, the SP Headquarters and the Provincial Traffic Enforcement Officer, SP.

In addition to the uniformed staff, the PPO also has the following civilian staff: the Provincial Procurement Officer, the Provincial Executive Officer, the Provincial Communications Officer and the Provincial Transport Officer.

Down at the District level, we have the Divisional Police Commanders and station Commanders, who assist them to ensure the efficient Administration of their areas as well as preventing commission of crime. The Province has nine (9) Divisions.

Coast Province is the centre of tourism attraction in Kenya with many beautiful beach hotels, and has its Headquarters in Mombasa. It is also where the port of Kilindini which handles huge volumes of Cargo as well as being the main Gateway to East and Central Africa is situated. Where as it is true that there are other religions in the Province, Islam is quite dominant and its followers are very conservative in their religion and culture. When it comes to defending their religion, those of the Arab origin and the indigenous ones speak with one voice and usually react quite negatively to anything that they perceive to be against their religion.

HISTORY OF COAST PROVINCE

The Coast Provincial Police command was born out of the need for the protection of the families and properties of the officials of the British East Africa Association, which was formed by Sir William Mackinnon and later became The Imperial British East Africa Company in 1988. This was because of the hostility which the Europeans were facing from the inhabitants of Mombasa being the native African, Swahilis, the Arabs and the Baluchis, who were mercenaries employed by the Sultan of Zanzibar to protect Mombasa, then a Fort. They were all against the intrusion of the Europeans. On realizing they were in danger, the Europeans brought in two companies of Sudanese troop who immediately replaced the Baluchis.

These Sudanese soldiers were later joined by the first lot of t two hundred (200) professionally trained Police officers from India, who were brought under Captain Rogers.

As time went by, the Europeans realized the important role which was being played by the Indian Police Officers in protecting their families and properties and in 1902, they established a Police Headquarters near Fort Jesus.

The growth of the police under the European colonialists witnessed the recruitment of indigenous Kenyans in Large numbers and on the 16th May, 1965, Francis Judas Muola was appointed the first African Provincial Police Officer in Coast Province.

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