Since the early 2000s, Kenya has come up with legislative changes and thrown a tremendous amount of funding at a range of reforms to improve the relationship between police and citizens. Specifically, these reforms have been aimed at addressing impunity and human rights abuses.
Police reform was a crucial part of president Mwai Kibaki’s government (2002-2013). The regime aimed to transform the security and justice sector that had been viewed by many as an instrument for control by –- and for –- the political elite.
Kenya has since introduced new police command structures, established monitoring institutions such as the Independent Policing Oversight Authority, and set up community policing schemes around the country.
