Answer to security crisis lies in structural changes, not oppressive laws

Kenya is facing unique security challenges aggravated by a dysfunctional legal, administrative and institutional system. Holistic remedial measures to the defective security and administrative system has been equally challenging due to the self interests of the legislature and the executive.

A case in point, which indicates another lost opportunity is the widely publicised security recommendations to President Uhuru Kenyatta by a committee comprising the National Security Council and the Joint Parliamentary Committee on National Security and Defence.