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Mogere, Mogere, and Wilson Muna. "Impact of Resource Allocation on the Performance of Kenya Police Officers in Nairobi City County, Kenya." Journal of Public Policy & Governance 6, no. 2 (November 3, 2022): 98–114. http://dx.doi.org/10.53819/81018102t4098.
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The coming into force of the constitution of Kenya 2010 has led to several restructuring efforts in the Kenya law enforcement agency. The national law enforcement agency structure review focused on improving the efficiency and effectiveness of Kenya’s law enforcement agency. For a number of years, the service delivery has not fully reflected the mission statement, of the Kenya law enforcement agency of providing quality service to meet and exceed the expectations of the public. This study sought to determine the impact of police restructuring on the performance of Kenyan police officers in Nairobi City County. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of resource allocation on the performance of Kenyan police officers in Nairobi City County. This study was anchored on human capital theory and resource dependency theory. This employed in a descriptive study approach, and targeted 3739 Kenya police officers working in Nairobi City County, consisting of 33 Gazetted Officers, 206 members of the Inspectorate and 3500 officers of other ranks, from which a random sample of 361 officers was drawn and used for the study. A structured questionnaire was used was used to collect quantitative data from Kenya police officers of the rank of Inspector and below whereas an interview guide was used to collect qualitative data from Gazetted officers and Chief Inspectors of Police. A total of 246 questionnaires out of a sample of 338 were filled and returned representing a 72.8% return rate whereas a total of 21 interview guides out of a sample of 23 were filled and returned representing a 91.3% return rate.SPSS software aided analysis using descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings revealed that resource allocation had a positive and statistically significant influence on the performance of Kenya police officers. More resources tailored to areas of deployment and nature of assignment to be provided. Finally, the study proposes a further research on the influence of police-community linkage as a result of restructuring, on police officers’ performance and the influence of police integration in the community on the police officer’s performance. Keywords: Resource Allocation, Police Officers, Restructuring, Resource availability, Performance
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Ayieko, Emily Nyanchoka, and Esther Gitonga. "Police Reform Practices and Service Delivery in the Kenya Police Service at Machakos County Police Headquarters, Kenya." International Journal of Business Management, Entrepreneurship and Innovation 2, no. 4 (November 23, 2020): 16–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.35942/jbmed.v2i4.145.
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This study focused on Police Reforms Practices and Service Delivery in the Kenya Police Service at Machakos County Police Headquarters. Police reforms in Kenya as availed from literature indicate that the colonial government in 1950 made attempts on reforming the police force. The appointment of the National Task Force on Police Reforms arose mainly from the post-election violence in 2007-2008 where hundreds of Kenyans lost their lives, thousands of people were displaced and property destroyed. This is because the police officers used excessive force, they were not trained to handle the violence that erupted and they took political sides. In order to address these concerns, the study aimed at examining police reforms practices and service delivery at Machakos county headquarters. Service delivery is a component of business that defines the interaction between providers and clients. Good service delivery provides clients with an increase in value. A well-functioning public sector that delivers quality public services consistent with citizen preferences and that fosters private market-led growth. The specific objectives were to establish the effect of personnel reforms and service delivery, establish the effect of financial reforms on service delivery and to establish the effect of legal reforms and service delivery in the Kenya Police service at Machakos County Police Headquarters Kenya. The significance of the study is as it tackled and documented the effect of police reforms practices and service delivery. It highlights the effect of personnel reforms and service deliver, financial reforms and service delivery and the legal reforms and legal reforms and service deliver. The study was guided by the Resource Based Theory, Servqual theory and the New Public Management Model in analyzing the theoretical background. A descriptive survey research design was used. The study targeted a population of 110 senior police officers in the Kenya Police Service and adopted the census approach to obtain information from every member of the population. Primary data was collected using a semi structured questionnaire, while secondary data was collected through review of literature on police reforms. Pilot study was conducted to validate the questionnaire. Data collected was subjected to quantitative analysis and data was presented using tables, graphs and pie charts inferential statistics was used in the study including correlation and multiple regressions in order to determine the relationship between the independent and dependent variables. Statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) version 22 was used to aid the analysis of the data. The findings revealed that personnel reforms and service deliver, financial reforms and service delivery and legal reforms and service delivery influence service delivery in the Kenya Police Service to a great extent. The findings conclude that personnel reforms have a positive and significant influence on service delivery in the Kenya Police Service at Machakos County Police Headquarters in Kenya. The conclusion on financial reforms and Service delivery, legal reforms and service delivery and financial reforms and service delivery have a positive and significant influence on service delivery in the Kenya Police Service. The findings recommend that the Kenya Police Service at Machakos County Police Headquarters should implement the personnel reforms. The findings also recommend that the police service should give police access to improved salary, savings Sacco and increased allowances. The findings furthermore recommend that legal reforms be instated that will assist in conducting impartial investigations, inspections, audits and monitoring of the National Police Service to enhance professionalism and discipline of the Service.
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Hope, Kempe Ronald. "Civilian oversight of the police: The case of Kenya." Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles 93, no. 3 (July 7, 2019): 202–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0032258x19860727.
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Although more and more countries across the globe are moving toward independent civilian oversight of their police, that is not the case in Africa, where only Kenya and South Africa have followed that route. This work offers an analytical review and assessment case study of the practice of civilian oversight of the police and its application in Kenya. It quantitatively evaluates the performance of civilian oversight, set against the practice of civilian oversight of the police, and drawing heavily also on the background and field experience of the author, who served in Kenya in various policy adviser capacities.
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Mutua, Charles Peter. "The Effectiveness of Kenya Police Reforms on Service Delivery in Nairobi City County, Kenya." International Journal of Business Administration 13, no. 4 (July 30, 2022): 38. http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/ijba.v13n4p38.
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Performance in the Police Service in Kenya has been deteriorating over the years. For this reason, the National Police Service has recently developed an ambitious plan for police reforms, aimed at transforming the Police Service into an institution that will be modern, efficient and effective and responsive to the needs and expectations of the public. However, there seems to be a problem in the police reform program. Accordingly, the present study sought to ascertain the effectiveness of police service reforms on service delivery in the Kenya Police Service in Nairobi County, Kenya. Its objectives are to establish the effectiveness of personnel reforms on service delivery in the Kenya Police Service in Nairobi County; to establish the effectiveness of financial reforms on service delivery in Kenya Police Service in Nairobi County; to establish the effectiveness of legal reforms on service delivery in Kenya Police Service in Nairobi County; and to establish the effectiveness of cultural reforms on service delivery in Kenya Police Service in Nairobi County; The study adopted a descriptive, survey design and was cross-sectional in nature. The study was delimited to Nairobi County, Kenya and the respondents comprised of junior cadre police officers who are the main operatives on patrols and front office desks. A sample of 351 respondents was selected from a target population of 2883 officers using stratified random sampling. Primary data was collected using a questionnaire while secondary data was collected through a review of relevant content. Out of the 351 questionnaires that were distributed to the targeted respondents, one hundred and two were correctly filled and returned. Data was analyzed by use of descriptive statistics and presented using a pie chart, tables and narration. The results reveal that police service reforms are broadly categorized as personnel reforms, financial reforms, legal reforms and cultural reforms. Additionally, it established that while some aspects of these reforms are seen to be effective or even extremely effective in enhancing service delivery, others are not. The implication here is that those in charge of police reforms should be more careful when deciding which types of reforms to enact as some are likely to be unsuccessful, or even unpopular, resulting in poor service delivery.
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Mogaka, Benard Bitari, and Wilson Muna Muna. "Effectiveness of Working Conditions on Performance Among Kenya Police Officers in Marsabit County, Kenya." International Journal of Public Policy and Administration 5, no. 1 (November 10, 2022): 72–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.47941/ijppa.1117.
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Purpose: Notwithstanding the government's reform exertions in the security sector, performance remains below expectations, with criminal activity increasing on a daily basis. The factors contributing to this lousy performance have yet to be fully explored. The problem has a negative impact on the performance of security officers, who play an important role in insecurity issues. Because without security, economic development is a futile dream. To this end, the study aimed to examine the effect of working conditions on the performance of police officers in Marsabit County, Kenya.
Methodology: The focus is on the National Police Service. Respondents were selected from Kenyan police officers deployed in the area as they are responsible for maintaining public order. The data was collected from a total of 13 police stations. For the study, 306 target populations were considered. 91 police officers were randomly selected using a simple randomization method. The study examined promotion procedure, as the independent variables vis-a-viz performance as the dependent variable. Preliminary data collection required self-administered questionnaires for the target population. The researcher applied the test re-test technique to choose the reliability of the exam study. To establish the relationship between the variables, Pearson correlation analysis was performed on the dependent and independent variables at the 95% confidence interval. The data was prepared by distributing questionnaires to the assessed population. The collected data were analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively guided by the research topics and goals. Testing of quantitative information was performed using descriptive and inferential statistics and data presented in; tables, pie charts, graphs, tables and figures. When data is collected from open-ended questions, qualitative data is analyzed and presented according to themes.
Findings: A conclusion was arrived that the subject under study was viable. Working conditions directly affected the performance of police officers from the study.
Unique Contribution to Theory, Policy and Practice: Recommendation was given. All data collected for review and publication were informed on this topic. Aggregated data securely stored by electronic means.
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Onwong’a, Wilfred, and Weldon Ng’eno. "Influence of Employee Welfare Services on Performance of Police Officers in Kenya: A Case of National Police Service in Mombasa County Kenya." Journal of Human Resource and Leadership 7, no. 2 (November 21, 2022): 35–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.47604/jhrl.1708.
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Purpose: This research focused on the main problem which influenced police performance as a result of the employees’ welfare services. Some of these welfare services include decent housing, and working conditions. The research had an objective of first finding out the influence of housing on police officers’ performance. Secondly, to determine the influence of housing on police officers’ performance. Thirdly, to figure out the extent to which field equipment influences the police officers’ performance in Mombasa County.
Methodology: The research adopted a descriptive case study using stratified and simple random sampling approaches. The target population was 1200 police officers with a sample population of 120 selected police officers. The study used questionnaires to collect data. In qualitative data, it also applied content analysis, while in quantitative data analysis descriptive statistics was utilized. The research used Pearson correlation to determine the connection between performance of employees and welfare services in inferential statistics.
Findings: The research established that employee welfare services had an impact on the performance of police officers in Mombasa County especially in terms of medical insurance cover offered to police, housing and accommodation plan and field equipment. In conclusion the study strongly established that medical insurance cover and field equipment negatively affected the performance of police officers. The nature of hospitals accepted by the medical insurance cover are not outstanding and amount of medical cover allocated annually is inadequate. House allowance paid to police officers also significantly affected the performance of police officers.
Unique Contribution to Theory, Practice and Policy: The study will be used to provide basic background information that can be used by various scholars, researchers, policy makers, national police service and other organizations as reference material. The research will aid the government of Kenya in addition to other stakeholders to create relevant methods that will help in improving the welfare services of the various employees in various ministries besides embarking on the best employees’ welfare service practices.
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Dwyer, Maggie. "Reimagining police engagement? Kenya National Police Service on social media." Policing and Society 30, no. 7 (March 27, 2019): 760–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10439463.2019.1589470.
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Onyango, Resila A., and Mangai Natarajan. "Gender equity approach to policing in Kenya: Lessons, challenges and prospects." International Journal of Police Science & Management 24, no. 2 (December 17, 2021): 147–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14613557211064327.
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Despite ample evidence of women's value, ensuring gender equity–equality is a major challenge for police departments worldwide. Using survey data gathered from a sample of 455 male and female police officers in the Kenya Police Service, this study examines the non-western plights of women in policing and describes a theory change to formulate gender-equity strategies for improved recruitment and retention of women in police service. Findings indicate that women officers can undertake most tasks better than or to the same degree as men, except for a small proportion of line duties, mirroring the literature on women in policing internationally. However, family commitments, an emphasis on physical strength for promotion, performance based on male standards, and male supervisors’ attitudes present severe challenges for women in the police service, reflecting the organizational climate and prevailing cultural norms. Implications for theory, policy and research are discussed.
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Ochieng, Dr Duncan Onyango. "Effectiveness of HIV and AIDS Intervention in the Kenya Police Service." International Academic Journal of Social Sciences 05, no. 01 (June 5, 2018): 140–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.9756/iajss/v5i1/1810013.
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Hope, Kempe Ronald. "The police corruption “crime problem” in Kenya." Security Journal 32, no. 2 (August 2, 2018): 85–101. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/s41284-018-0149-y.
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Agade, Kennedy Mkutu. "Changes and Challenges of the Kenya Police Reserve: The Case of Turkana County." African Studies Review 58, no. 1 (March 16, 2015): 199–222. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/asr.2015.10.
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Abstract:In rural Kenya, the main visible security force is the Kenya Police Reserve, an unpaid force guarding localities and armed by the state. Turkana County faces challenges of low state penetration, small arms flows, and armed intercommunal conflict. The state has a weak hold on Kenya Police Reservists (KPRs) and their arms, and this situation is weakening further as many move into paid private security roles, including guarding oil exploration and drilling sites. Security is critical in view of the recent oil discovery and ensuing land disputes which could trigger widespread conflict, and the recent devolution of development and administrative functions to counties in Kenya.
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Ligare, Belyndah Shitakwa, Kadian Wanyonyi Wanyama, and Victor Lusala Aliata. "Job Promotion and Employee Performance among the Administration Police in Bungoma County, Kenya." Cross Current International Journal of Economics, Management and Media Studies 2, no. 2 (February 15, 2020): 34–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.36344/ccijemms.2020.v02i02.002.
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According to Kenya Police Service Annual Crime Reports (KPSACR) of 2016, the number of criminal offences is still on the increase with the 2013, 2014 and 2015 reports evidencing an offence number of 71832, 72,490 and 73,376 respectively. Based on this upward trend, it is still unclear if the trend is related to human resource practices such as job promotion as applied in the administration police which in turn have an effect on the performance of the administration police. In the service industry, especially the Kenya National Police Service, little research has been conducted on job promotion and employee performance especially in Bungoma County. The purpose of this study was to establish the influence of job promotion on the performance of administration police. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. The target population was 1,318 administration police officers in Bungoma County rom which a sample size of 384 respondents was used. Questionnaires were the main instruments used to collect primary data. Stratified random sampling, simple random sampling and systematic random sampling techniques were used. Data was analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. Reliability analysis gave an average Cronbach alpha value of 0.8034 which indicated that the instruments were reliable. Results of the study showed that there was a statistically significant positive relationship between job promotion and employee performance and that job promotion accounted for 71.3% (R2 = 0.713) variations in the employee performance. It was concluded that if job promotion was well executed in the administration police, the performance of the staff would be enhanced. The following were the recommendations of the study: organizations should adhere strictly to its promotion policy, ensure promotion process is fair and that employees are promoted based on merit. The findings of this study is expected to inform administration police management policy makers, the government
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Nassiuma, Bernard Kibeti, Humphrey Young Ogola, and David Mwangi Kung’u. "Facilitation and Service Delivery in the National Police Service in Nairobi County, Kenya." Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal 8, no. 9 (September 10, 2021): 71–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.14738/assrj.89.10804.
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Purpose: The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effects of facilitation on service delivery in the National Police Service (NPS), Nairobi County, Kenya. The study was anchored on the New Public Management Theory; it heralds the transformation of citizens into customers of public services who deserve feedback on police service delivery.
Methodology: Pragmatic philosophical approach was used to support this study. The qualitative and quantitative methods of inquiry were used to generate evidence to support the evaluation. The target population for the study was 2100 police officers in Nairobi County from which a sample of 215 respondents was selected using simple random sampling techniques. While the members 105 of the public were purposely selected. Questionnaires and key informant interview guides were the main data collection tools used in the study. The qualitative data were thematically analyzed while the quantitative data were analyzed using frequency counts, means, standard deviation, multiple regression, chi-square tests, and Pearson and Spearman rank correlation.
Findings: The majority of the respondents in the study were males aged between 26-35 years and over 60% of the respondents were of the opinion that police reforms had increased police mobility. Equally, the majority (64%) indicated that the infrastructure was poor, in addition to poor feedback mechanisms, which affected effective service delivery.
Contribution to Theory Practice and Policy: The study points out the key factors which hinder effective service delivery in the Kenya Police service despite the implementation of police service reforms.
Key Words: Facilitation, Service Delivery, Police Reforms, National Police Service
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Mũrĩithi, Wairimũ. "Fragments Towards an Impossible (Domestic) Genre of the Human in Kenyan Crime Fiction." English in Africa 47, no. 3 (February 10, 2021): 99–119. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/eia.v47i3.6s.
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Extrajudicial executions and other forms of police violence in Kenya have always been an issue of significant concern in local and international media and human rights organisations. Reflective of this, scholarly interest in crime fiction in Kenya has grown significantly in recent years. However, the gendered implications of criminality – from sex work to errant motherhood to alternative modes of investigation – are still largely overlooked in postcolonial literary fiction and criticism. As part of a larger study on how women writers and characters shape crime fiction in Kenya, this paper critically engages with stories that the criminalised woman knows, tells, forgets, incarnates, discards or hides about the city. It does so by examining the history of urban sex workers in Kenya, the representation of ‘urban women’ in postcolonial Kenyan novels and contemporary mainstream media, and the various (post) colonial laws that criminalise sex work. Through Justina, an elusive character in Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor’s Dust, I consider how (post)colonial legislative frameworks and social life attempt to manage “impossible domesticity” (Saidiya Hartman) inside and against the geo-history of gendered and classed criminality in urban Kenyan spaces. My purpose is to interrogate hegemonic constructions of the citizen – and by extension, of the human – in Kenyan law and public morality
Keywords: crime fiction, feminism, sex work, human, homo narrans
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Kilatya, Jairus Mutinda, and Cyprian Kavivya. "Police Victimization and Insecurity in Mathare North Nairobi City County, Kenya." International Journal of Current Aspects 5, no. 4 (November 13, 2021): 52–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.35942/ijcab.v5i4.209.
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Police victimization is one of the growing cases in Kenya. There are reported cases of police being subjected to beatings and assault by citizens particularly in the low-income areas in Nairobi. Most of these reported cases have been traced to police actions, perceptions of community towards the police and even inadequate resources that the police use. These in turn affect the security situation. It is upon this backdrop that this study envisaged to scrutinize police victimization and security in Mathare North, Nairobi City County. The specific objectives of the research were; to examine the categories of police victimization and their implications on security in Mathare North, to analyze the causes of police victimization and their implications on security in Mathare North, and to evaluate the state of security in Mathare North and how it could be related to police victimization. The life style theory of victimization was used in the research. An exploratory research design based on primary data method was relied on in the study. In conducting this research, the target population was 321 police officers in Mathare North, Nairobi City County comprising of the 147 General Duty Police, 101 traffic police and 73 Administration Police. A sample size of 97police officers was selected from the target populace of Mathare North, Nairobi City County. Data collection was done through the use of questionnaires while the analysis employing descriptive and content analysis. The test for reliability showed that the variables used were reliable (Cronbach alpha was 0.759). The outcome from the study revealed that killings of the police was the main form of police victimization as shown by mean of 3.9829, followed by intimidation of police with mean of 3.7358 and assaults with mean of 3.6470. Sixty-three (63) respondents duly filled the questionnaires representing 64 percent of the total respondents. The findings revealed that the main causes of police victimization were proliferation of illegal firearms among civilians, lack of adherence to the justice system, corruption in the police, human rights violations and lack of public trust in the police. The findings revealed further that government support was necessary and influenced the relationship between police victimization and insecurity in Mathare North as shown by mean of 3.7437. The respondents agreed at mean of 3.7426 that police victimization negatively affect the security of Mathare North. A correlation test was also done and revealed that police killings, assaults on police and intimidation of police were significantly and positively correlated with insecurity based on their correlation coefficients of 0.476, 0.512 and 0.495 respectively. A regression analysis was also carried out and from the findings; police killings had a significant and positive effect on the insecurity of Mathare North with regression coefficient being 0.899 and p value of 0.006. Assault on the police had a significant and positive effect on insecurity of Mathare North as shown by regression coefficient of 1.020 and p value of 0.001. Intimidation of police had a positive and significant effect on the insecurity of Mathare North with a regression coefficient of 0.894 and p value of 0.004. The study recommends that the government should strengthen collaboration between the National Police Service and civilians in Mathare North to prevent cases of insecurity arising from police victimization. The study further recommends that the government must improve on its support in terms of equipment’s to the police in the area so that they can be able to defend themselves while maintaining the security in Mathare. Future studies should focus on other low-income settlements in Nairobi and major towns in Kenya.
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Hope, Kempe Ronald. "Police corruption and the security challenge in Kenya." African Security 11, no. 1 (January 2, 2018): 84–108. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19392206.2017.1419650.
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Kivoi, Douglas Lucas. "The Achilles’ Heel of Police Reforms in Kenya." Social Sciences 2, no. 6 (2013): 189. http://dx.doi.org/10.11648/j.ss.20130206.13.
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Pryce, Daniel K., and George Wilson. "Police Procedural Justice, Lawyer Procedural Justice, Judge Procedural Justice, and Satisfaction With the Criminal Justice System: Findings From a Neglected Region of the World." Criminal Justice Policy Review 31, no. 9 (January 28, 2020): 1286–311. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0887403419900230.
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Although the impact of procedural justice on citizens’ satisfaction with the police and other branches of the criminal justice system has been tested in several geopolitical contexts, this is the first study to examine the relative impacts of police procedural justice, lawyer procedural justice, and judge procedural justice on satisfaction with a country’s criminal justice system. To assess the universal applicability of procedural justice, scholars must carry out research in all geopolitical regions. However, sub-Saharan Africa appears to be a region that scholars have neglected for far too long. As a result, the current study assesses the relative impacts of three strands of procedural justice—police, lawyer, and judge—on satisfaction with the criminal justice system in Kenya. Using a sample of 523 students from a prominent Kenyan university, we found that all three strands of procedural justice predicted satisfaction with Kenya’s criminal justice system under the country’s new Constitution, although judge procedural justice exerted the strongest influence on satisfaction. Also, less highly educated students (first-year students, compared to sophomores, juniors, and seniors) and male students were more satisfied with Kenya’s criminal justice system. The study’s implications for policy and future research are discussed.
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Otory, Wendy, and David Kiiru. "Work Environment and Job Satisfaction at National Police Service, Kenya." International Journal of Business Management, Entrepreneurship and Innovation 2, no. 4 (November 2, 2020): 33–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.35942/jbmed.v2i4.148.
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Poor work environment causes major risk to the well-being and quality of staff and job satisfaction. Job satisfaction is crucial to the organizational performance which can be affected by the environmental concerns. This research sought to evaluate the role of work environment on job satisfaction at National Police Service with reference to Directorate of Criminal Investigations Department. The specific objectives of the study included: to determine the effect of organizational justice on employee job satisfaction at National Police Service, to establish the effect of interpersonal conflict on employee job satisfaction at National Police Service, to establish the effect of organizational constraints on employee job satisfaction at National Police Service and to assess the effect of physical environment on employee job satisfaction at National Police Service. The research made use of descriptive research design. The strata included; Chief Inspectors of police, Inspector of police, Police corporal, Police sergeant and Police Constables. The research used the approach of stratified sampling. The target population was 2000 workers, 322 respondents made up the final sample size collected. Primary data was used in the analysis. As part of the primary source, the questionnaires were used as a method of data collection. Content validity was used to determine whether the study questionnaire content contained representative samples of the field to be evaluated. The internal accuracy of the test instrument was calculated using the reliability value of the Cronbach Alpha system of 0.7 and above. The quantitative information gathered was analysed utilizing Descriptive statistics using version 21 of the Social Sciences Statistical Package (SPSS). The study established that that organizational justice, interpersonal conflict, organizational constraints and physical environment was positively related to employee job satisfaction. The study concluded on organizational justice that favorable results are likely to happen when employees perceives organizational justice, meaning that they think their business is fair to them. The research concludes on interpersonal conflict that interpersonal conflict is something that often happens in a group of staff, particularly in a high-pressure scenario such as the workplace. Interpersonal conflict inspires employees’ members to compete. The research concludes that elevated levels of human resources and infrastructure constraints influence job satisfaction of employees on organisational constraints. On the physical environment, the research concludes that an appropriate workplace climate assists to lower the absenteeism rate and can therefore boost the job satisfaction of the staff. The research advises on organizational justice that comprehension of the organization is important to the behavior and decision-making operations of its staff that affect organizational justice. The research recommends that the national police service create measures to control conflict so as to eliminate adverse effects of interpersonal conflict. It can be important for better organizational progress to maintain a good level of interpersonal disagreement. Organizational constraints it is recommended that the National Police Service know how to respond to this constantly changing environment by learning how to manage the dynamics of varied uncertainties, advocating fresh learning and leadership technologies that are both innovative and flexible, and easier to enforce. In the physical environment, the research proposes that the national police department develop a favorable job climate, pay its staff according to industry norms, use suitable reward and recognition programs to demonstrate the organization to its staff, provide training and development possibilities and offer their staff the opportunity to be creative and innovative.
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Osse, Anneke. "Police reform in Kenya: a process of ‘meddling through’." Policing and Society 26, no. 8 (December 24, 2014): 907–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10439463.2014.993631.
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Ong’ale, Margaret Awino, and Casper Masiga. "Work-Life Challenges on the Performance of Female Officers in Kenya Police Service, Nakuru County." International Journal of Current Aspects 5, no. 2 (June 22, 2021): 56–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.35942/ijcab.v5i2.173.
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Police officers play an integral role in enhancing security, which is normally a very basic premise if the economy of a given country is to thrive. The effectiveness and efficiency of police work are doing the right thing to assist the citizens who are their customers at all time. If they don’t perform as expected the public can view it with negativity, and term them as either corrupt or unwilling to meet their needs. For a long time, police officers especially female police officers have had numerous challenges that have consistently contributed to their low morale at work thus subsequently having ripple effects on their performance. The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of work-life challenges on the performance of female police officers in Kenya. The objectives of this study were; to examine the influence of gender stereotypes on the performance of female police officers in Nakuru county; to determine the influence of work-life balance on the performance of female police officers in Nakuru county; to identify how social injustices influences the performance of female police officers in Nakuru County; and to identify the best strategy to help enhance the performance of female police officers in Nakuru county. The study was guided by radical feminist theory and liberal approach theory. This study also adopted a descriptive survey research design. This study relied on primary data specifically a questionnaire and focus group discussion. A sample of 135 female police officers was drawn through stratified and simple random sampling to respond to the questionnaires. On the other hand, convenience sampling was used to select the female police officers who would participate in the focus group discussion. Descriptive statistics such as mean, percentages and standard deviation were used to analyze quantitative data that was obtained. The data was presented in charts, frequency, and tables. Qualitative data were analyzed according to themes and patterns formed. They were presented in narrative and verbatim quotations forms. This study was expected to contribute to the body of knowledge already existing on challenges facing female police officers and even police officers in general. It was also going to inform the national government on various challenges facing female police officers and how to mitigate them to enhance performance and by extension improving security. The study findings indicated that female officers experienced work-life challenges which included gender stereotypes, work-life balance and social injustices that affected their productivity to some extent. The study concluded that female officers encountered many forms of gender stereotypes at their workplace thus influencing their performance. There was a lot of preference for certain people for promotions or recommendations for promotions that took place at the workplace, a lot of bureaucracy and red tape in the management of police operations and missing certain opportunities for handling certain cases in the force because of their gender. The study also concluded that there was a lack of work-life balance amongst the female police officers as they found it difficult to balance their work and family responsibilities. The study recommends that the government or rather the KPS should come up with policy/policies that will cater for both genders and ensure that there is no favouritism and nepotism in the service as well as adopt practical reforms where possible for female officers to be assigned duties during the day to avoid inconveniences of not being able to attend to family and children.
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Hills, Alice. "Police commissioners, presidents and the governance of security." Journal of Modern African Studies 45, no. 3 (July 16, 2007): 403–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022278x07002686.
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ABSTRACTAfrica's police are usually assessed in terms of their adherence to democratic criteria. This results in inaccurate analysis because the police are actually governed according to presidential preference. This article uses the role of Africa's chief police officers to explore the relationship between presidents and their police, and the location of influence within the police. It identifies the significant variables shaping police governance in four countries with comparable institutional structures – Ghana, Kenya, Uganda and Zimbabwe – and confirms the negligible role played by public accountability.
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Mazuri, Mwanasha H., Paul Mwaeke, and Eric Bor. "Factors Impeding Government Security Agencies Responses in Combating Cattle Rustling in Baringo County-Kenya." European Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences 2, no. 2 (March 11, 2022): 6–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.24018/ejsocial.2022.2.2.198.
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This study was necessitated by persistent Cattle rustling in Baringo County despite the security responses put in place by the government. Baringo County hosts a contingent of security personnel from the Kenya Police Reservists, General Service Unit, Administration Police Anti Stock Theft Unit and, more recently, Kenya Defense Forces. The study was guided by three objectives; to establish the impact of operational dynamics in impeding the government security agencies responses in combating cattle rustling in Baringo South Sub- County, Kenya; to examine the effect of local community dynamics in impeding the government security agencies responses in combating cattle rustling, and to examine the impact of cross-border militia incursions in impeding the government security agencies responses in combating cattle rustling in Baringo South Sub- County, Kenya. The qualitative data was analyzed thematically using NVIVO software and reported in a narrative form. The findings revealed that operational dynamics, local community dynamics and cross-border militia incursions were the major challenges faced in combating cattle rustling in the study area. Further, it was established that the success of the security operation largely depends on the cooperation and support of the local community but which was lacking according to this study. Additionally, networks of bandits were found to be so intricate and with established international and linkages, that made it difficult to sometimes recover the stolen cattle. The findings concluded that efforts by security agencies in combating cattle rustling in Baringo South Sub County have been futile as the challenge still persists more so among the Pokot. Major policy recommendations included deployment of modern state of the art virtual technology for aerial monitoring of cattle rustler’s movements and activities, given the challenges presented by Baringo’s inhibitive topography and poor transport network. This intervention may also save security officers from death traps in the lagas’ (dry valleys) which were perceived by this study to be security agencies’ killing ground. Aerial monitoring of cattle rustling may also enhance security operations and aptly police cattle rustling networks at all levels; local, national and international.
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Bongoli Mwawasi, Norman, Dr Denis Ouma, and Dr Fozia Nurwin. "Logistics Reforms and Operational Performance of the National Police Service in Vihiga County, Kenya: Application of the Police Escort Rationalization." International Journal of Economics, Business and Management Research 06, no. 11 (2004): 1–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.51505/ijebmr.2022.61101.
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Security is one of the pillars required for long-term funding and sustenance of current ventures. Logistic reforms are key in dealing with threats to barriers that hinder operational performance. The core functions of any government is to ensure protection of life and property of its citizens. This study sought to establish the influence of logistic reforms on the operational performance of the national police service in Vihiga County, Kenya, an application of the police escort rationalization. This study was guided by the theory of replacement. The study used positivism research philosophy in choosing the methods, research instruments and techniques. A descriptive survey research design was employed where primary was collected. A target population of 740 police officers was used, and from this number, a sample size of 260 respondents was computed through Yamane’s formula. Questionnaires were used to collect primary. Both descriptive and inferential statistics was used. The results of the regression analysis showed that police escort rationalization had a positive significant influence on operational performance with coefficients of 0.210, and p values of 0.000, which are less than 0.05. The study concluded that improvement of police escort rationalization, improve the operational performance by increasing operation efficiency of police service in Vihiga County. The findings have a direct benefits on managers of police services and policy makers to enable them put strategies in place to improve the logistic reforms on operational performance. The study recommended that management of Vihiga police service should implement the police logistic reforms to enhance and improve the operational performance of the National Police Service in Vihiga County.
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Khamala, Charles A. "Legal Aid for Effective Victim Legal Representation in Kenya’s Post-Election Violence: Lessons from the International Criminal Court." International Journal of Criminology and Sociology 11 (December 31, 2022): 159–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-4409.2022.11.17.
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The International Criminal Court’s legal aid scheme pays court-appointed victims’ lawyers. Yet, whether ICC or domestic legal proceedings can provide better victim satisfaction goes beyond the question of whether external or internal legal representation is more effective in protecting victims’ rights. In circumstances where guilt is difficult to prove, as in the ICC’s Kenya cases, victims’ interests may be better satisfied by pursuing compensation from local courts. This paper therefore argues that post-election violence victims’ interests may be satisfied by legal aid to support domestic compensation claims. Although numerous victims participated in the Kenya cases, non-confirmation of charges against the former Police Commissioner, withdrawal of the Muthaura and Kenyatta case, and declining to conduct reparation hearings after vacating charges in the Ruto and Sang case, culminated in widespread victim dissatisfaction. The paper contrasts the victims’ plight in the Kenya cases with fortunes of victims who participated at the ICC with those of the CAVI Police Shooting case and COVAW Sexual and Gender Based Violence case which effectively proved more satisfying for some victims. The question is whether legal aid for victims’ representatives before domestic courts may enhance the effectiveness of local responses to atrocity crimes. Although the comparatively successful recent domestic suits illustrate advantages of pursuing constitutional-based compensation claims, as opposed to punitive-contingent reparations before the ICC, these test cases require upscaling. Notwithstanding the ‘Kenyan Trial Approach’s’ significant impact on ICC evolution, to vindicate victims’ rights, the Trust Fund for Victims may consider donating to Kenya’s Victim Protection Fund so as to supplement PEV victim compensation. Kenya’s Legal Aid Act requires reforms to support indigent victims, particularly those suffering abuse of power.
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Okwoyo, Clifford Gichaba. "Community Policing in Crime Management in Ongata Rongai, Kenya." International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science 06, no. 10 (2022): 370–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.47772/ijriss.2022.61018.
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Community policing is an approach to policing that brings together the police and local communities to develop local solutions to safety and security concerns. This study sought to assess community policing in crime management in OngataRongai, Kajiado County. The study was guided by three specific objectives; to examine community policing partnerships, to analyze crime intervention techniques and to identify organizational features in crime management in OngataRongai. Broken Windows ‘Theory’ of Crime was applied in addressing the theoretical background of the study as well as linking it to the study objectives. Descriptive research design was used as the methodology for carrying out research. The target population for this study comprised Kenya National Police Service, State officers from the Ministry of Interior, Government policing agencies, and stakeholders from Religious groups Community-Based Organizations, civil society organizations, business community, the private security industry, the media, Non-Governmental Organizations, special needs groups, educational institutions, youth and women’s organizations. Purposive sampling was utilized and the sample size was 100 respondents. The study used questionnaires, guided interview schedules, telephone interviews and focused group discussions. A total of 3 Focus Group Discussions and 4 key informant interviews were conducted. Validity and reliability of the questionnaires were determined by conducting a pilot study in the adjacent sub-county of Ngong. Quantitative data was analyzed using descriptive statistics while qualitative data was presented through content analysis as obtained from the field exercise. The major findings of the study include; the existing partnerships were not effective due to lack of trust and interest between the police and members of public to CP program in OngataRongai; the introduction of flood lights, mulika platform, marking/naming of streets, regular foot and mobile patrols, KaziMtaani Programmes, installation of CCTV Cameras and zoning of areas had enhanced safety and security by positively contributing to a decrease in crime; LEMELEPO, Ole Kassasi, and OngataRongai CBOs had assisted to bring down levels of crime. These were some of the key recommendations; The police should cultivate a culture of partnership with members of the public by identifying and striving to overcome the problem of long-standing mutual mistrust and suspicion; the government should ensure the police are equipped adequately with the necessary logistics, training, terms and conditions of service and facilitation to enable the them discharge their mandate effectively; members of public should be sensitised on the importance of having good relationship with the police and providing information concerning insecurity and other forms of crime; and lastly the government should create an enabling environment for the conduct of business in the country to prevent the youth from engaging in criminal activities.
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Kelwon, Solomon Chepsongol. "Leadership Style and Occupational, Safety and Health of Police Officers in Nairobi City County, Kenya." Journal of Human Resource &Leadership 4, no. 3 (July 7, 2020): 29–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.53819/81018102t4030.
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The purpose of this study was to determine how leadership style affects the occupational, safety and health of Police Officers in Nairobi City County, Kenya. In this study, data was collected from Police Officers which were the main study population. The study chose Nairobi City County where all the police stations were covered. The target population was 4,000 Police Officers which included commanding officers to have a sample size of 200. They were sampled through simple random sampling. First a 10 percent of all 33 police stations in Nairobi and the Police Officers there in were initially used for a pilot study. In the police stations which had remained, a sample of 5 percent of Police Officers and a commanding officer in each station were studied. Data from the respondents were collected by the use of questionnaires. The study was carried out on Police Officers who were on duty but after permission had been sought from relevant authorities. It was based on a simple random sampling research method where each officer had a chance of being chosen. Every officer commanding a police station was chosen. Each respondent was explained the importance of the study, that it was done freely with their willingness, at a convenient location, the questionnaires were to be collected and kept with confidence. Each respondent was requested to confirm in writing, affirmative action or signing a document without indicating a name that the study was done with their approval. Through these modes of data collection, every population was well represented as a sample. The study used Cronbach Alpha Coefficient to test on reliability of instruments. The validity of research instruments was also tested. The computer software SPSS version 20 was used to analyze the collected data. Descriptive and inferential statistics was used in data analysis. Data was then presented in the form of figures, tables and charts. Through factor analysis, all the eight statements of the variable under study were retained for they were above 0.5. The response rate of the responds was 75.5% which is acceptable. It was found out that 36.4% of the Police Officers had worked in the National Police Service for 6 to 10 years and majority of them, 82.1% were married. The four leadership styles found to be affecting the occupational, safety and health of Police Officers in Nairobi City County, Kenya were; transformational, autocratic, democratic and charismatic leadership styles. It was found out that 84.5% of the leaders of Police Officers were visionary, 60.2% valued the constitution and see it as a protector and supporter of their occupational safety and health. In fact, 85.5% and 61.6% see Kenya Human Rights and OSHA respectively as valuable Acts. Key Words: Leadership style, Occupational Safety, Health of Police officers, Nairobi County
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KIUNGA, NICKSON. "INFLUENCE OF THE PERFORMANCE OF NATIONAL POLICE SERVICE IN PREVENTION OF ORGANIZED CRIMES IN MOMBASA COUNTY, KENYA." Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal 8, no. 10 (October 29, 2021): 321–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.14738/assrj.810.10889.
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This paper uses data collected for an MA Thesis on influence of the Performance of National Police Service in Prevention of organized Crimes in Mombasa County, Kenya. The study was necessitated by continued rise of criminal gangs despite police service efforts to contain the problem. The study was guided by three specific objectives, but for this paper first and second objectives will be discussed. First, the examined the influence of resource capacity on the performance of national police service in prevention of organized crimes in Mombasa County. Secondly, the study examined the influence of motivation on the performance of national police service in prevention of organized crimes. Thirdly, the last objective assessed the influence of external environment on the performance of National Police Service in prevention of organized crimes in Mombasa County, Kenya. The survey utilized Expectancy theory and Crime Pattern Theory and adopted a descriptive research design employing a mixed method paradigm.
The study sample size comprised 306 National Police Service officers (NPS); Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) officers, Kenya Police service (KP), and Administration Police (AP) officers both senior and junior. Qualitative data was analyzed using thematic analysis derived from the study objectives. On the other hand, quantitative data was analyzed through descriptive statistics. According to the findings, 17% of the police officers still undertake operations without intelligence briefing, and that despite the availability of criminal intelligence. Besides, access to criminal intelligence was still a major challenge to 45% of the officers while inter-agency coordination was a rare part of the fight against organized crime to 56% of the officers who were not involved. The findings also revealed that despite the importance of training towards the prevention of organized crime, 33% of police officers did not have access to these trainings. Furthermore, 53% of the officers, cited lack of recognition and motivation that could go a long way in raising performance of the police officers. The study makes two major recommendations; special attention to training and curriculum review that addresses the demands of emerging global security challenges. Secondly, officer’s welfare remains a thorny issue which can potentially stifle any crime prevention initiative. Welfare issues of concern such as merit and fairness in promotions, rewards and other incentives, and better compensation were said to be an integral part of any serious police reform agenda.
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Tenai, Isack, and Philip Wambua. "Organization Social Practice and Performance in the Kenya National Police Service: A Case of Central Police Division, Nairobi." International Journal of Business Management, Entrepreneurship and Innovation 3, no. 2 (October 9, 2021): 72–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.35942/jbmed.v3i2.194.
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The National Police Service of Kenya has gone through numerous transformations which are aimed at making it more effective and socially aligned to the needs of the Kenyan population. The transformation has seen the renaming of the policing unit from Kenyan Police Force to its current name. The Strategy such as renaming the institution to National Police Service implies that the institution is improving its commitment to improve service delivery to the citizens in a favorable social framework. However, minimal studies have been done to determine the existence of any relationship between organizational social practices and performance of the police institution. Therefore, the current study was formulated to establish the influence of organizational social practices on the performances of the National Police Service. The independent variables of the study included leadership style, organization structure, professionalism, and organization politics. Practice and system theories were reviewed alongside relevant sources of empirical literatures were reviewed to give the current studies sound theoretical and empirical foundations. Descriptive research design was used to guide collection, analysis, and interpretation of the research data. Semi-structured questionnaires were used to collect quantitative and qualitative data was collected from 150 police officers who were purposively sampled from Central Police Division in Nairobi County. A combination of descriptive and inferential analyses were performed to establish the current trends of the study variables and relationships thereof. The study found out that the respondents were in agreement with almost statements on the four organizational social practices including leadership style, organization structure, and professionalism and organization politics. Leadership style and professionalism were established to have the highest impact (0.300; p= 0.000) and the least impact (0.093; p=0.000) respectively. Organization politics, on the other hand had a significant negative impact (-0.254; p=0.001) on the NPS performance. The study concludes that the main belief or attitude influencing leadership style is the perceived manager versus subordinates’ role. Effective decision making is improved by decentralization, narrow control span and efficiency relate positively, task routine positively and negatively affect productivity. A respectful culture is fostered by professionalism, which ensure proper handling of conflicts. Boundaries are clearly understood and minor issues solve efficiently and respectfully by professional employees. Workers are motivated with the hope that there won’t be hampering of their interest due to existence of organizational politics. Employee’s indiscipline may be resisted by the organizational politics’ help. The study recommends that transactional and transformative leadership be embraced by national police service to assist in tapping the workers’ potential, they should be involved in making decisions and new idea be welcomed into the system for positive contribution to the entities’ exponential performance. National police service should adopt an efficient, simple and universally accepted organizational structure. Employees at national police service should exercise workplace expectations and rules by following all workplace rules, completing all projects and tasks and understanding what is expected of them. Delegation of duties depending on employees’ academic achievements, specialization and interests. Transparency must be maintained at all levels to reduce politics.
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Kiche, Justus Odongo. "Ascertaining the Influence of Government Dynamics on Juvenile Criminality in Nakuru Sub-County, Kenya." East African Journal of Arts and Social Sciences 2, no. 1 (April 1, 2020): 1–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.37284/eajass.2.1.128.
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The issue of juveniles engaging in criminality is rampant and it is considered as one of the problems and concerns in Nakuru County Kenya. The study focused on ascertaining the influence of government dynamics on juvenile criminality in the Nakuru sub-county, Kenya. The target population was 144 individuals that included 73 police officers from Bondeni police station, 35 juveniles drawn from children remand home, 35 parents/guardians of the said juveniles, and one chief from Bondeni location. The researcher selected a sample size of 102 respondents composed of 62 police officers, 32 juveniles, seven parents/guardians, and one chief. The researcher used a questionnaire and an interview schedule to collect data. The validity of this study was achieved through a thorough consultation with the supervisors and other specialists. Reliability was used to focus on the degree to which empirical indicators are stable and consistent. A Cronbach’s coefficient alpha was used to measure the reliability of the research instruments. An alpha coefficient value of 0.7 suggested the instrument is reliable. The study adopted the mixed research methodology and the concurrent triangulation design. Quantitative data were analysed descriptively, while qualitative data was analysed thematically. The study found out that there was a positive association between all the measures of government dynamics and juvenile criminality in Nakuru sub-county. The government dynamics that I focused on included: Government policy, Government support, and Government partnership with other stakeholders. The study concluded that there was an influence of government dynamics and juvenile criminality in Nakuru sub-county, Kenya. The study recommends that the government should make efforts to encourage positive partnerships with other stakeholders in order to reduce juvenile criminality. Therefore, there is a need for the juvenile department to improve its policies and expected performance in regard to juvenile criminality.
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Kebaya, Charles. "Popular Art and the Reconfiguration of Police Atrocities in Kenya." Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies 4, no. 2 (June 15, 2018): 105–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23277408.2018.1462967.
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Ciekawy, Diane. "Constitutional and Legal Reform in the Postcolony of Kenya." Issue: A Journal of Opinion 25, no. 1 (1997): 16–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0047160700502455.
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The central government of Kenya is well known for its use of the legal system, state structures, and the KANU (Kenya African National Union) party apparatus to threaten and thwart those who criticize its undemocratic practices and human rights violations. There are numerous and detailed accounts of attacks on the news media, the denial of permits for opposition public speaking events, the disruption of opposition party meetings, and the arrest and incarceration of reformist political and religious leaders. It is common for the central government to criminalize political activity by charging critics with sedition or holding an illegal meeting, and to use police violence to break up both licensed and unlicensed political events. Government officials and institutions played a major role in inciting and organizing violence in the Rift Valley from 1991 to 1993 that led to the deaths of over 1,500 people. The return to multiparty politics in 1991, after a lapse of 26 years when KANU reigned supreme, has done little to change these practices. Repression of the freedom of assembly, the freedom of association, and the freedom of expression is the modus operandi of the Kenyan nation-state.
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Ukpokodu, I. Peter. "Theatre and Political Discord: Theatre Rebels of Zimbabwe and Kenya." Theatre Research International 23, no. 1 (1998): 38–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0307883300018198.
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Though the world is aware of the political activities of the Nigerian playwright, Wole Soyinka, it might be difficult to find a better example of the relationship between a nation in a state of socio-political chaos and the arts in an African country than that of Ngugi wa Thiong'o's Kenya as exemplified in Matigari:Matigari, the main character [in Ngugi wa Thiong'o's Matigari], is puzzled by a world where the producer is not the one who has the last word on what he has produced; a world where lies are rewarded and truth punished. He goes round the country asking questions about truth and justice. People who had read [Matigari] started talking about Matigari and the questions he was raising as if Matigari was a real person in life. When Dictator Moi [President of Kenya] heard that there was a Kenyan roaming around the country asking such questions, he issued orders for the man's arrest. But when the police found that he was only a character in fiction, Moi was even more angry and he issued fresh orders for the arrest of the book itself.
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Muchemi, Anne, and Elias Njoroge Wakonyo. "Change Management Practices and Performance of the National Police Service in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya." International Journal of Current Aspects 4, no. 1 (February 6, 2020): 1–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.35942/ijcab.v4i1.95.
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In order for implementation of change to be executed successfully in any organization, the human capital should, as a matter of necessity, accept and support the change. Change management practices support behavioral and organizational adjustments thus ensuring that change is accommodated and sustained in the organization. The National Police Service (NPS) faces a myriad of challenges today, pushing the Government to embark on a comprehensive transformational programme within the service with the aim of enhancing performance. With these security sector reforms in progress, successful implementation of change is necessary in order for the objectives of the change to be attained. Crime rate, public safety and efficient utilization of available police resources remain a major concern in the country, pointing out to the fact that the intended level of police performance is yet to be realized. This study purposed to investigate how the practices used to manage change can impact the delivery of services of the National Police Service in the County of Uasin Gishu. It used the descriptive and explanatory research design. Targeted population was 1,055 junior National Police officers in Uasin Gishu County. The sample comprised of 158 respondents. Structured questionnaires were employed as the main tool of data collection. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data collected. The findings indicate that employee involvement has a significant positive effect on performance of the National Police Service in Uasin Gishu, effective communication has a significant positive effect on performance of the National Police Service in Uasin Gishu and senior management support has a significant positive effect on performance of the National Police Service in Uasin Gishu County. The findings support the chaos theory theoretical foundation that a small change in organizational practices has the ability to result to huge changes in future outcomes. The recommendations are that the National Police service should involve employees in all stages of the reform process in order for successful change management implementation to be realized and improve performance. To ensure successful change implementation in the National Police Service, employees should be given enough time to share their ideas about change and there should also be effective communication on the objectives of the change. The management of the National Police Service should commit to the change process by leading the process and striving to help employees understand how the changes will affect them personally in order to minimize their anxiety and reduce resistance.
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Egesa Natwoli, Robert. "Challenges Facing the Directorate of Criminal Investigation On Management of Criminal Gang Activities in Nairobi County, Kenya." Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal 8, no. 1 (January 24, 2021): 134–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.14738/assrj.81.9501.
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This paper uses data collected for an MA Thesis on the challenges facing the Directorate of Criminal Investigation Department on management of criminal gang activities, in Nairobi County, Kenya. This study has been necessitated by continued concern among policymakers, security pundits and citizens about the rising criminal gang activities in the country, more pertinently in Nairobi County. Although there are few studies that tried to scratch this area, there has never been a detailed and systematic inquiry and analysis of this problem. The study was guided by several specific objectives; the first objective examined the tactical challenges that the police face in policing gang related activities in Nairobi County, Kenya; assessed the effect of corruption in undermining the war against gang related activities in Nairobi County, Kenya; and finally explored other technological challenges that the police face in policing gang related activities in Nairobi County, Kenya. The study adopted descriptive research design and purposive sampling technique to collect data. Interview schedules and key informants (K.I) guide were the main tools used to collect data using the interview method of data collection. 60 officers of the Special Crime Prevention Unit were the main respondents. Major challenges faced by the DCI officers when dealing with criminal gang activities especially within Nairobi County include; poor relationship between police and the general public as reported by 89.1% of the respondents, increased involvement of women in gang activities which is exacerbated by low ratio of female-male officers for undercover operations and 90.9%. of respondents indicated due to woman innocence will create a greater challenge. Others include; gang related activities with networks and markets especially for stolen vehicles across the borders as a result of corruption along the borders by both police, custom and military officers. Further, 85.5% indicated that cross border gang activities were worsened by lack of harmonized law for the regulation and prevention of these activities that led to enhanced proliferation of weapons as well as drugs to and from the neighboring countries. Major recommendations for policy considerations included; increased recruitment and deployment of female officers to beef up their ratio in undercover operations. Harmonized laws for the neighboring East African community countries and increased cooperation between the security organs of these countries in order to have a coordinated approach of tracking and apprehending criminals who escape to neighboring countries. The study also recommends mandatory training for DCI officers in computer/ technological skills to be able to intercept, interpret and or decode gang related communication and cybercrime related activities.
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Albert Lusiola, Musoma. "SUCCESSES AND FAILURES BORNE OUT OF HAVING OR NOT HAVING MULTI-AGENCY LAWS, POLICIES, DOCTRINES, AND STRATEGIES REGARDING TERROR RESPONSE COORDINATION." International Journal of Advanced Research 9, no. 01 (January 31, 2021): 498–511. http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/ijar01/12320.
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Terrorism has had been a real menace facing Kenya over the years.The study question sought to find out the successes and failures borne out of having/not having multi-agency laws, policies, doctrines and strategies regarding terror response coordination.Based on the mixed methods and exploratory research designs data was collected from a sample of 97. These were drawn from a target population of 3400 which included all the members of the Kenya Defense Forces Special Operations Forces (KDF SoFs), the National Police Service (NPS) Recce squad, ATPU Officers, policy level military, intelligence and police officersand a few members of academia. The target population is estimated at 3400 personnel from which a sample of 97 was obtained. Primary data was collected using questionnaires and interviews whilesecondary data was also obtained using desk review of relevant literature. Data was analyzed using quantitative and qualitative methods. The findings show that the existence of structural and legal frameworks guiding multi-agency operations on countering terrorism in Kenya had led to effective response through standardizations of operation guidelines, better sharing of information, joint training and exchange of best practices among the various responders. This was evidenced in the Dusit D2 Attack in which synchronization of operations showed better response to the attack by the various operational and tactical teams as compared to the Westgate Attack. Lastly, it is evident that Kenya is yet to know that it has dealt with the terrorism menace. This can only be attested when the country stays for a long period of time without an attack, say more than 5 years.Basedon the findings of the study, the following recommendations were made. There is need for domesticating the existentstructural and legal frameworks guiding multi-agency operations on countering terrorism in Kenya so as to enhance the effectiveness of response to terrorism through standardizations of operation guidelines, better sharing of information, joint training and exchange of best practices among the various responders. Regular review of any gaps in the existing structural and legal frameworks should be undertaken and measures put in place to bridge those gaps through continuous legislation.
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Guyo, Dika Dabaso, and P. K’ Obonyo. "Demographic Characteristics and Commitment of Administration of Police Officers in Kenya." International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications (IJSRP) 9, no. 10 (October 12, 2019): p9482. http://dx.doi.org/10.29322/ijsrp.9.10.2019.p9482.
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Gerhart, Gail M. "Juvenile Injustice: Police Abuse and Detention of Street Children in Kenya." Foreign Affairs 77, no. 3 (1998): 155. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/20048949.
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Muthondeki, David, Merecia Anne Sirera, and Margaret Mwenje. "Psychosocial challenges faced by retired police of officers: A case of Retired Administration Police Officers in Kenya." IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science 19, no. 8 (2014): 55–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.9790/0837-19815563.
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Wa Teresia, John Ndikaru. "Evaluation of Occurrence of Crime Rates in Kenya within the Years 2014-2020." East African Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies 3, no. 1 (August 17, 2021): 172–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.37284/eajis.3.1.387.
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Controlling crime continues to be a big problem probably because crimes are on the increase and there is little probability for a drop in crime rates anytime in the near future. Kenya has shown a marked increase in the contemporary years in the occurrences of lawbreaking and violations. The rate is alarming and has attained an epidemic proportion in Kenya that everyone has gradually become not only concerned but also worried. It is evident in the empirical data, audio-visual electronic, newspapers, and print media which highlight criminal activities in numerous parts of the country, most of which are stated to have happened in big towns. United Nations surveys in Kenya have revealed that over half of the inhabitants worry about crime constantly. Roughly 75% feel unsafe while at home. Notwithstanding these continuous reports of criminal actions, the problem of crime continues, in effect escalates and fewer crimes are stated. Only up to 45% of urban crimes are normally informed. When crimes are not reported to the police, victims may not be able to get necessary services to cope with the persecution, offenders may go scot-free, and law implementation and community resources may be misdirected due to a lack of precise information about local crime complications. Accepting the characteristics of crimes unknown to police, victims who do not report crimes, and the reasons these crimes are not reported may help identify gaps in the provision of criminal justice services and inform police practice and policies. Common motivations for reporting a crime include punishing the offender a lesson and discouraging other offenders
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Vanden Eynde, Oliver, Patrick M. Kuhn, and Alexander Moradi. "Trickle-Down Ethnic Politics: Drunk and Absent in the Kenya Police Force (1957–1970)." American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 10, no. 3 (August 1, 2018): 388–417. http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/pol.20160384.
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How does ethnic politics affect the state’s ability to provide policing services? Using a panel of administrative personnel data on the full careers of 6,784 police officers, we show how the rise of ethnic politics around Kenya’s independence influenced policemen’s behavior. We find a significant deterioration in discipline after Kenya’s first multiparty election for those police officers of ethnic groups associated with the ruling party. These effects are driven by a behavioral change among these policemen. We find no evidence of favoritism within the police. Instead, our results are consistent with co-ethnic officers experiencing an emboldenment effect. Our findings highlight that the state’s security apparatus, at its most granular level, is not insulated from ethnic politics. (JEL D72, J15, K42, O15, O17)
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Diphoorn, Tessa. "The ‘pure apples’: Moral bordering within the Kenyan police." Environment and Planning D: Society and Space 38, no. 3 (April 28, 2020): 490–509. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0263775820919767.
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This article analyses various police reform initiatives in Kenya as a form of ‘moral bordering’. Drawing from ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Nairobi between 2017 and 2018, I analyse how police officers differentiate themselves from other police officers along (moral) ideas of reform and how this occurs in two divergent, yet interconnected, directions. The first is a process of bordering in: moral bordering occurs internally within the police and reform efforts aim to break down borders among police officers. The second is a process of bordering out: reform initiatives are designed in the urban centre and are aimed at spatially pushing the border externally, away from Nairobi. My approach to reform as moral bordering shows how borders can simultaneously take on disparate dimensions: with bordering in, borders are primarily social and symbolic, and with bordering out, borders take on a more spatial nature. This duality encapsulates the inherent friction that results from reform initiatives simultaneously moving in distinctive directions and differs from much of the (anthropological) work on the state police that analyses how the police themselves either enact borders or act as borders.
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Kelwon, Solomon Chepsongol. "EFFECT OF LEGAL FRAMEWORKS ON OCCUPATIONAL, SAFETY AND HEALTH AMONG THE POLICE OFFICERS IN NAIROBI CITY COUNTY: A CASE OF KENYA." Problems of Management in the 21st Century 15, no. 1 (June 10, 2020): 23–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.33225/10.33225/pmc/20.15.23.
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This paper was extracted and based on one of the variables of the researcher’s main research entitled: Antecedents of Occupational Health and Safety among the Police Officers in Nairobi City County, Kenya. The aim of the research was to analyze and find the effect of a legal framework on occupational, safety and health among Police Officers. The target population was the 4,000 Police Officers in Nairobi City County. In each police station, a sample of 5 percent Police Officers were randomly identified, selected, and interviewed by the use of questionnaires based on their availability at work. An initial pilot study of the 10% police stations was done in order to test the research instruments. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used, and its findings were presented using figures, tables and charts. The result findings gave a response rate of 75.5% which was acceptable for a research. The results also showed that 68.20% of the respondents were of the view that Codes of Conduct were good in the smooth running of police operations and supporting their OSH. The responses had a mean of 3.84 and standard deviation of .93. As presented in tables, the coefficient of determination R Square is .466 and R is .683 p-value p<.000 at .05 being the level of significance. This means 46.6% of the Occupational, Safety and Health of Police Officers are influenced by Legal Framework. Police Officers should know all legal requirements for they shall be useful when performing their tasks. The government will not fall into legal challenges when they have legally informed officers. Keywords: legal frameworks, Nairobi city county, National police service, police officers.
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Bunei, Emmanuel K., Gerard McElwee, and Robert Smith. "From bush to butchery: cattle rustling as an entrepreneurial process in Kenya." Society and Business Review 11, no. 1 (February 8, 2016): 46–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/sbr-10-2015-0057.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an analysis of the changing practices of cattle rustling in Kenya from a relatively small isolated and opportunistic activity to a much more planned and systematic entrepreneurial business involving collusion and corruption. Design/methodology/approach – This paper provides a conceptual approach using key literature and documentary evidence to show how, in the northern part of Kenya, cattle rustling is common occurrence with criminals taking advantage of remote rural environments with minimal surveillance and consequently less opportunity of being stopped and searched by police. Findings – Results evidence significant differences in how rustling is perceived and valorized. Rustling in Kenya is now an entrepreneurial crime with the involvement of rural organized criminal gangs (ROCGs), who are operating in food supply chains throughout Kenya and the African continent. Practical/implications – This paper suggests that a more nuanced understanding of the entrepreneurial nature of some illegal practices in a rural Kenya is necessary and how it requires multi-agency investigation. Originality/value – The paper is unique in that it considers how cattle rustling is becoming a more entrepreneurial crime than previously. Little prior work on this subject exists in Kenya. The paper utilizes the framework of Smith and McElwee (2013) on illegal enterprise to frame cattle rustling as an entrepreneurial crime.
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Mutungi, Meshack Musyoki, David Minja, and Gladys G. Njoroge. "The role of change leadership on the transformation of the Kenya Police Service." International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications (IJSRP) 9, no. 1 (January 24, 2019): p8582. http://dx.doi.org/10.29322/ijsrp.9.01.2019.p8582.
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Young Ogola, Humphrey, David Mwangi Kung’u, and Bernard Kibeti Nassiuma. "Public Trust and Service Delivery in the National Police Service, Nairobi County, Kenya." Social Sciences 10, no. 6 (2021): 251. http://dx.doi.org/10.11648/j.ss.20211006.11.
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Koskey, Margret Chebet, and Jane Njoroge. "Influence of Employee Retention Practices on Employee Performance in Disciplined Services: Case of the Administration Police Service Nyandarua County, Kenya." International Journal of Current Aspects 3, no. III (June 24, 2019): 83–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.35942/ijcab.v3iiii.32.
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This study sought to establish whether there was any significant influence on employee performance owing to the existing employee retention practices put in place in the Administration Police Service within Nyandarua County. This study’s objectives were; to find out the effect of training and development on employee performance in Administration Police Service Nyandarua County, to establish the effect of compensation on employee performance in Administration Police Service, Nyandarua County and to establish the effect of work environment on employee performance in Administration Police Service Nyandarua County. The study was guided by the two factor theory of motivation and the Job embeddeddness theory. The target population comprised 673 Administration Police Officers from the seven sub counties within Nyandarua County namely, Nyandarua North, Nyandarua West, Mirangine, Nyandarua central, Kipipiri, Nyandarua South and Kinangop Sub Counties. The study sample comprised67 respondents who were selected from the seven Sub Counties using stratified random sampling technique. Data collection wasdone through issuing of questionnaires to the respondents who were selected by the researcher. Collected data was coded and analyzed through descriptive and inferential statistics with the help of the SPSS Version 21 and presentation of findings was through tables. The study found that at 95% confidence interval, training and development practices had a positive and significant relationship with performance in the Administration Police Officers of Nyandarua County at 0.317 and P=0.017< 0.05. Further findings indicated that work environment and compensation had a positive and significant relationship with performance at 0.341 and P = 0.008<0.05 and 0.321 and P = 0.016<0.05 respectively. The study recommends that the Administrative Police Service, Nyandarua County pays a lot of attention in adopting and implementing various aspects of employee retention practices to ensure that performance is improved. The research also recommends that similar study be conducted in other counties in Kenya for comparative purposes.
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Irimba, Fredrick Meeme, Jacinta Ndambuki, and Florence Mwithi. "A Forensic Interpretation of Hateful Micro-Speech Acts and Performative Modality in Facebook and Twitter during 2017 Election-Kenya." International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation 4, no. 3 (March 30, 2021): 74–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.32996/ijllt.2021.4.3.8.
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The increasing shift of human activities to online spaces in Kenya has resulted in the new behaviours among internet consumers. One such behaviour is the growing online public journalism phenomenon amid legal and regulatory gaps permeating expression of online hate speech rhetoric disguised as ‘politically correct talk’ which often goes unquestioned despite its injurious force and the potential to precipitate physical violence in the long run. To judge content as hateful, Kenya’s judicial processes rely the establishment of speech intention to hurt a legally protected entity. However, hate speech law enforcers lack skill and capacity to accurately determine the pragmatic force of hateful language. This article, which is a part of broad study that examined the discursive construction of online hate rhetoric, examines the injurious potential of online micro-speech acts and performative modality of selected Facebook posts and tweets constituting the day-to-day communicative practices online during the 2017 general election in Kenya. Working within forensic-based Computer Mediated Discourse Analysis (CMDA) framework, we analyse a purposive sample of 160 posts; FB (120) and Twitter (40) collected through online observation of Facebook groups and hashtags trending in Kenya between July and November 2017. The findings show how micro-speech acts and performative modality worked in service of aggressive ideology in the form of overt and covert appeals for collective prejudice against marked ethno-political out-groups. These insights are relevant for policy makers such as NCIC, KHR and CAK as well as the hate speech law enforcers especially National Police Service and prosecutors in understanding how certain commonsensical day to day online communicative practices yield pragmatic potential to propagate ideologically rooted culture of hate and violence in multi-ethnic cultural contexts such as Kenya.
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Mwangi, Erick M., Eric K. Bor, and Samwel A. Kinaro. "Influence of Trust for the Police in Gilgil Ward on Reporting of Property Crime by Victims in Gilgil Ward, Nakuru County, Kenya." European Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences 2, no. 3 (May 14, 2022): 48–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.24018/ejsocial.2022.2.3.259.
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The increase in property crime has been the main issue affecting the nation's security and economic growth. The rise in property crimes is sometimes associated with the reluctance of victims to report a crime. Hence, encouraging criminals to continue with criminal activities. In Gilgil Ward, property crimes have topped the list of crimes in the area. However, a low percentage of the reported crimes are property crimes. It is unclear why victims are not reporting property crimes, yet crimes are supposed to be reported to the police for action. Hence, the study aimed at establishing the influence of trust for the police in Gilgil Ward on reporting of property crime by victims in Gilgil Ward, Nakuru County, Kenya. The study used a mixed-method research design. The researcher used questionnaires and interview schedules as research instruments for the research study. The target population were the property crime victims, who had reported a crime to the police. The research study sample size was ninety-six (96). Stratified random sampling, purposive sampling, and snowballing sampling was used when selecting the respondents. Descriptive statistics was used in the data analysis. Descriptive statistics entailed the use of frequency distribution tables and percentages to summarize data on closed-ended items in the questionnaires. Data obtained from open-ended items in the questionnaire was categorized according to themes relevant to the study and was thematically analyzed. Findings from the study indicate that the level of trust for the police was at a “low level” with a mean of 1.19. However, majority of the respondents; 71.4%, 73.1%, 71.0%, and 75.3% indicated they were not influenced by trust in their decision to report property crime to the police, for robbery, burglary, housebreaking, and theft crimes respectively. This study recommends that, residents of Gilgil Ward should be enlightened on the role/importance of reporting property crime to the police so as to motivate proper policing. Also, the study recommends that, regular in-service training that covers both soft skills and technical skills, to be enforced to improve the police efficiency thus, increasing the level of trust for the police. Besides, the study recommends regular patrols to be conducted in Gilgil Ward to deter and/or arrest criminals.
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Baraka, Gachie Eliud, and Shadrack Kiana Murimi. "Stuck in the past with push-pins on paper maps: Challenges of transition from manual to computerized crime mapping and analysis in Kenya." International Journal of Police Science & Management 21, no. 1 (March 2019): 36–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1461355719832620.
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Although crimes and the modus operandi of perpetrators across the world change constantly, some policing tools, especially in developing countries, remain the same. This study sought to assess Kenyan police officers’ satisfaction with the use of paper maps and push-pins (manual tools) in crime analysis, and identify challenges to the adoption of computerized tools such as geographical information systems (GIS) at a time when most operations are driven by technology. A descriptive survey targeting 120 Kenyan police officers was carried out at the National Police Service (NPS) headquarters in Nairobi, but only 94 (78.3%) officers responded. The study reveals that 42.3% of respondents found manual tools to be useful in crime mapping and spatial analysis, whereas 67.8% felt that they were easy to use. The study indicates that 55.0% of respondents were satisfied with manual crime mapping and spatial analysis, mainly because it was easy to use. The study also identifies several challenges to the adoption of GIS in crime analysis. The study concludes that majority of respondents found manual crime-mapping tools to be easy to use, but less useful although still usable in the absence of alternatives. The NPS should consider implementing pilot projects of computerized crime mapping and spatial analysis to allow stakeholders to assess police operations against multiple platforms.