Rising insecurity calls for more than dismissals, transfers

It has been the public's expectation that the Government would take disciplinary action against security officers who slept on the in the wake of the Garissa University attack that claimed 148 lives early this month.

Last year, the Independent Police Oversight Authority (IPOA) laid blame at the door-step of the Police Service in the Mpeketoni attacks that claimed at least 50 lives where it also emerged that police in the area had early knowledge of an impending attack but failed to act.