CIC has met CID Boss Francis Muhoro to discuss police reforms. The meeting discussed how police reforms would be implemented as per the new constitution. This comes a day after a meeting between police chiefs Kinuthia Mbugua and Mathew Iteere and the internal security PS Francis Kimemia who want

Three candidates were disqualified from seeking to be in the IEBC for failing to pass an integrity test. Lawyers Wakahiu George Njenga. Isaac Mutoka Shivachi and Kinuthia Mwangi fell short of chapter six of the constitution on leadership and integrity hence the Select Panel disqualified them. Mea

KNCHR has raised concerns over the delay to implement police reforms. Commissioner Hassan Omar said the delay to name those to spearhead the process of naming the new Inspector General of Police, his two deputies and CID director raises serious concerns. He said this may be a delaying tactic to i

A team to recruit the Inspector General of Police, his deputies and the Criminal Investigation Department director will be named next month. Internal Security PS Francis Kimemia said they are working on who and how they will be named. Kimemia promised an independent, professional panel to spearhe

Harry Makau argues that the police reforms should address the need to have regional balance in appointments. The manner in which the police handled PEV illistrated its leaning towards the goverment that did not reflect Kenyans at large. Ethnic composition must therefore be considered when filling

There is laxity and lack of mechanisms to address the entire criminal justice system. The National Police Service Commission Act and the National Police Service Act that Kibaki assented to will deprive the executive powers to use theforce as an agency of terror and civilian repression. The prefer

Miguna Miguna asserts that many of the worst crimes in Kenya have been committed by the police. They were involved in the Wagalla massacre, the 1992 and 1997 ethnic clashes, the 2007/8 PEV among other extra-judicial killings. The police are supposed to protect us from harm but they perpetrate the

A provision in the National Police Service Act requiring that one of the top three police commanders be a woman is a concern for the government. They are the Inspector General, the Administration Police and Regular Police, Deputy Inspector Generals. A panel to recruit the three alongside the Dire