Now step up the war on terror groups

NAIROBI: Though at a slower pace, police reforms are gradually taking shape. The police are better remunerated, live in better quarters and have better equipment.

In the twin fight against radicalisation and terror groups, especially the Somalia-based Al Shabaab; the police have been wrong-footed more than once. This has been attributed largely to the lack of modern fighting gear able to match or exceed what the terrorists use.