BBI proposal on police agency a very bad idea

President Uhuru Kenyatta reads through the Building Bridges Initiative report when he received it at State House, Nairobi. [Standard]

Billions of shillings have been spent on police reforms in a bid to make the police service professional, accountable and respectful of human rights.

For decades, the police have been accused of systemic corruption, lack of professionalism, tribalism, cronyism, impunity, human rights violations such as unlawful killings and torture, and lack of independence from the Executive.