All security officials in Kenya now trained on Nyumba Kumi

The Government has now trained all security officials on how to implement the Nyumba Kumi initiative.

Senior officials from different government agencies met in Nairobi yesterday to discuss how community policing can be effectively used to curb crime and terrorism in the country.

The forum that was organised by the National Task Force on Community Policing (NTFCP) was meant to inform top decision makers in security departments on ways to ensure citizens are actively involved in managing their own security.

Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Nkaissery said they have guidelines that will be used to help Kenyans understand their role on security.

Policing network

"If we have a properly working community policing network in place, I have no doubt that this country will be able to get rid of insecurity in all corners of our motherland," said Mr Nkaissery.

NTFCP chairman Joseph Kaguthi explained that they operate on the mantra: "See-say, Hear-say, Suspect-say" and they want to imprint it in the minds of every Kenyan so that they can report anything they consider a threat to their security.

He expressed optimism on the uptake of the Nyumba Kumi initiative, saying that the police are getting more reports on insecurity from the public.

He said NTFCP had trained junior security officers across all sub-counties on how to get citizens to form clusters and know each other to fulfill the mandate of Nyumba-Kumi.