She wrote a proposal and sent it to former Police Commissioner Mathew Iteere, but she says he did not respond. She does not know whether he even received or read it.
Otieno did not tire. She visited National Police Service Commission (NPSC) Chairman Johnstone Kavuludi's office, where she met a police officer who advised her to form a police wives' welfare association.
“He also asked me to get a letter from the service, which would help me register a welfare association. I got the letter after one year,” she says.
Otieno then registered the association in January 2015, with 10 members. These 10 sold the idea to other policemen's wives at Security Government Building (SGB) and Uhuru camps.