Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiangi’s move to review security for VIPs, with a view to reducing the number of bodyguards assigned to them by 50 per cent, is welcome as much as it is long overdue.
Among the many reasons given for the rise in crime rates across the country is the lack of adequate police officers to meet the police/civilian ratio of 1 to 450, in line with recommendations of the United Nations. Ironically, the police department has assigned more than 11,000 police officers to guard politicians, yet they could be of greater use to the public.