State must act to end extra-judicial killings

The establishment of the Independent Police oversight Authority through an Act of parliament in 2011 has done little in redeeming the image of the police. While IPOA has the mandate of checking the excesses of police officers either individually or as a service, the increase in police extra-judicial killings is apparent to all.

Similarly, the National Police Service Commission has fallen flat on its face as far as carrying out its mandate; which is basically to recruit and train a disciplined service that would, as its name suggests, offer service to the taxpayers.