Police Restructuring and Performance of the Kenya Police Officers in Nairobi City County

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dc.contributor.advisorWilson Munaen_US
dc.contributor.authorMogere, Mogere Geoffrey
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-07T09:07:31Z
dc.date.available2023-08-07T09:07:31Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.descriptionA Research Project Submitted to the School of Law, Arts and Social Sciences in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Award of the Degree of Master of Public Policy and Administration of Kenyatta University April, 2023en_US
dc.description.abstractThe coming into force of the constitution of Kenya 2010 has led to several restructuring efforts in the Kenya law enforcement agency. The national law enforcement agency structure review focused on improving the efficiency and effectiveness of Kenya’s law enforcement agency. For a number of years, the service delivery has not fully reflected the mission statement, of the Kenya law enforcement agency of providing quality service to meet and exceed the expectations of the public. This study sought to determine the impact of police restructuring on the performance of Kenyan police officers in Nairobi City County. The specific objectives were: To determine the effect of information processing, to determine the effect of resource allocation, investigate the effect of crime scene management and to determine the impact of coordination on the performance of Kenyan police officers in Nairobi City County. The study was conducted in the month September 2022 in Nairobi City County, Kenya and involved Kenyan police officers. This study was anchored on human capital theory and resource dependency theory. This employed in a descriptive study approach. Thetarget population was 3739 Kenya police officers working in Nairobi City County, consisting of 33 Gazetted Officers, 206 members of the Inspectorate and 3500 officers of other ranks, from which a random sample of 361 officers was drawn and used for the study. A structured questionnaire was used was used to collect quantitative data from Kenya police officers of the rank of Inspector and below whereas an interview guide was used to collect qualitative data from Gazetted officers and Chief Inspectors of Police. A pilot study was conducted in Nyandarua County in order to measure the internal consistence of the research instrument and a Cronbach alpha scores exceeding the threshold of 0.7 was obtained in all the variables. A total of 246 questionnaires out of a sample of 338 were filled and returned representing a 72.8% return rate whereas a total of 21 interview guides out of a sample of 23 were filled and returned representing a 91.3% return rate.The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) was used to analyse the collected data and produced descriptive and inferential statistics that were displayed as frequency distribution tables. Police restructuring and performance of Kenya Police Officers was analysed using multiple regression analysis. Information processing, crime scene management, resource allocation and coordination had a positive and statistically significant influence on the performance of Kenya police officers. In addition the study revealed that the methods and steps used in crime scene management remain unchanged as guided by the crime scene management manual. The study recommends for policies to protect classified information as well as informers. More resources tailored to areas of deployment and nature of assignment to be provided. Coordination activities to be enhanced in order to boost the officer’s morale and improve performance. Finally, the study proposes a further research on the influence of police-community linkage as a result of restructuring, on police officers’ performance and the influence of police integration in the community on the police officer’s performance.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipKenyatta Universityen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/26577
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherKenyatta Universityen_US
dc.subjectPolice Restructuringen_US
dc.subjectPerformanceen_US
dc.subjectKenya Police Officersen_US
dc.subjectNairobi City Countyen_US
dc.titlePolice Restructuring and Performance of the Kenya Police Officers in Nairobi City Countyen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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