More than 50 police officers were displaced and redeployed to various police stations after authorities announced the closure of the Capitol Hill Police Station in Nairobi.

The motive of the degazettement was not immediately established.

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Police authorities said they had been informed the station was degazetted.

This came amid speculations that the almost two acres of land where the station lies could be up for construction.

The move prompted the immediate relocation of officers and the closure of operations at the facility.

The Officer Commanding Station Tusca, Opondo, instructed all officers there to vacate the premises within the shortest time possible following their redeployment to other stations.

"Capitol Hill Police Station has been officially degazetted, and as a result, I, the Officer Commanding Station, have been instructed to vacate the premises within the shortest time possible," the statement read in part.

The OCS ordered all multi-agency investigators with pending cases and exhibits currently held at the station to collect them without delay.

"I am instructed to request that all multi-agency investigators with pending cases and exhibits, including motor vehicles, currently held at this station, arrange to collect them immediately," Opondo stated in the memo shared among the police.

Members of the public with pending cash bail deposits were also advised to collect their refunds promptly before the funds are surrendered to the National Treasury.

Nairobi Police Commander Issa Mohamud said the move was a normal police occurrence.

“That is normal, and the affected officers have been redeployed elsewhere,” he said.

The station had at least 50 police officers and was under the Kilimani Sub-County. The affected officers were absorbed to other stations, including Kilimani, Kibra, KICC and Central.

The station is located in Upper Hill, and the land had initially been touted to be turned into the headquarters of police operations in the city.

It served the residents in Upper Hill who will now be forced to seek the policing services in Kilimani and Kibra.

Nairobi has more than 100 stations which are manned by sub-county commanders who report to sub-regional commanders and who report to the regional commander.

The regional commander reports to the deputy inspector general of police.