No regime is genuinely interested in reforming the police in Kenya - r/Kenya

The constabulary successful Kenya aren't designed to service the public. They are, for the astir part, a instrumentality of the state, particularly the enforcement and are acold much effectual astatine suppressing dissent than protecting citizens.

Police stations crossed the state are successful deplorable condition. Some don’t adjacent person basal worldly similar desktops, moving toilets, oregon vehicles. The officers themselves? Low pay, mediocre housing, and zero intelligence support. We created oversight bodies similar IPOA, but they’re underfunded, sidelined, and toothless. Internal accountability mechanisms are a joke. Self-preservation and loyalty are rewarded, and rogue officers seldom look existent consequences.

After the 2007/8 post-election violence, the Kriegler Report pushed for constabulary reforms. Many years later, each we person are half-hearted, politically selective implementations. The existent translation of accountability, taste change, and depoliticization ne'er occurred.

Will we ever person a moving constabulary work successful Kenya?