Article by PBI-Kenya
The Police Reforms Working Group Kenya, an alliance of national and grassroots organizations committed to professional and rule of law policing of which PBI-Kenya is a part, has issued a statement with its initial response to the Building Bridges Initiative implementation road map, that was launched on October 26.
The PRWG-K has completed a preliminary analysis of the BBI report proposals on policing reform. Based on this analysis, it is our opinion that the BBI Steering Committee recommendations do not yet sufficiently build on the achievements and address the challenges currently being faced by the National Police Service under the Constitution of Kenya 2010. In our opinion, it is not legal or structural challenges that has weakened the critical pillars of police transformation but substantive governance and resourcing shortcomings. While the BBI process has provided the nation another critical opportunity to look at the state of the policing sector, it is important that any new reforms boldly address our common interest in a respectable, professional, human rights compliant service that caters for their welfare.
Read the full statement of the Police Reforms Working Group Kenya, of which PBI Kenya is part, here.