Safaricom is set to make Sh. 9.2Â billion for the construction of the communication and surveillance system for the National Police Service.
The telco says in its latest annual report that 92 per cent of the work had been completed as of March and that confirmation of the project deliverables had been received from the Inspector General of police.
The project involves connecting 195 police stations in Nairobi and Mombasa to high-speed (4G) Internet to ease communication. The first phase of the surveillance system went live in May 2015.
The telco has trained 10,178 officers in maintaining and operating the system over the past one year.
Safaricom has also installed tamper-proof, high definition and ultra-high definition CCTV cameras in Mombasa and Nairobi that are connected to a national command and control room.
The national surveillance, communication and control system links all security agencies, making it easy to share information and direct operations.
Safaricom said the Sh9.2 billion revenue is based on percentage of completion, indicating that it could bill the government to the tune of Sh10 billion once the project is complete.
