By Dawan Africa - Reporter
Kenya, 3 December 2025 - As the world observed the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on 3 December, the National Police Service (NPS) highlighted officers who have turned severe injuries sustained on duty into continuing careers of distinction.
This year’s global theme, “Fostering Disability-Inclusive Societies for Advancing Social Progress”, echoes Article 54 of the 2010 Kenyan Constitution, which guarantees dignity, equality and representation for persons with disabilities.
The NPS said the theme mirrors its own efforts to ensure every officer can serve fully, regardless of physical condition.
The Service singled out three officers for particular praise.Senior Superintendent Solomon Musai, of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations, lost his right arm in a road crash while on duty in 2005.
He stayed in uniform and is now a senior lecturer at the National Criminal Investigations Academy, training detectives from Kenya and further afield.
“His remarkable journey shows that excellence is anchored in commitment, character, and a desire to serve — not in physical ability,” the NPS statement read.
Senior Superintendent Boniface Mutua, of the Administration Police Service (APS), suffered severe spinal injuries in 2019 when an improvised explosive device hit their convoy.
Confined to a wheelchair, he has since risen to Deputy Director of the APS Media Directorate.
Mutua leads the NPS Para Air Shooting Team, runs counselling programmes for injured colleagues and recently secured a donation of competition-grade sports wheelchairs from Maendeleo ya Walemavu.
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He has also been presented with a new multipurpose electric wheelchair.
Inspector Glen Arura, of the Kenya Police Service, lost an arm when he threw himself in front of trainees during an explosion at a police college to save the entire class.
He went on to become a popular master of ceremonies at State and Sevice events, a senior instructor at the National Police College Embakasi ‘B’ Campus and a communications officer with the General Service Unit (GSU).
Their continued service, NPS said, demonstrates that a police service — and a country — grows stronger when no one is left behind.
The Inspector General of Police (IG) Douglas Kanja, has repeatedly affirmed that the NPS is committed to ensuring equality, non-discrimination, accessible work environments, mental health support, and robust welfare systems for officers, particularly those injured in the line of duty.
As the world marks the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the NPS points with pride to officers like Musai, Mutua and Arura – not as victims, but as senior trainers, media directors, sportspersons, and state-event hosts, who continue enforce law and order in the country.
Their lives are proof that, in the NPS at least, disability does not close the door on service.
