More than 7,000 police officers are working without pay because they have failed to declare their wealth.
The officers were shocked to find that, while their colleagues had received their June salaries, no money had been remitted to their accounts.
Salaries for police officers were paid a week early this month since the Treasury had to close its accounts in readiness for the 2016/2017 financial year.
Police officers are required to declare their wealth after every two years as part of government efforts to audit its employees' lifestyles.
Police officers are deemed the most corrupt in government, according to independent reports over the years.
The Nation established that 7,860 officers in the Kenya police had been affected.
They have until July 15 to declare their wealth otherwise they risk missing their next salaries.
Besides the lifestyle audit, the National Police Service Commission is vetting officers with aim of sending home those found to be corrupt and inefficient.
Officers who were promoted irregularly, those who violate human rights as the well as those holding fake academic papers are also targeted for the sack.
The Mr Johnston Kavuludi-led commission is at present holding sittings in Kisumu.
Vetting sessions have revealed that officers from the traffic department, deemed most corrupt section of the service, are extremely wealthy despite their remuneration.
So far 302 traffic police officers have been fired even before the vetting started after they failed to provide bank account statements.
The commission wrote the letters to the officers from the ranks of constable to chief inspector, notifying them of their dismissal.
An earlier vetting of their commanders, who are superintendents and senior superintendents, saw 63 of them fired.
Mr Kavuludi said the decision to dismiss the officers was reached at a board meeting.
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