Citizen’s Participation Effectiveness and Community Policing Scenario at Ongata Rongai in Kajiado County, Kenya.
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Date
2018-04
Authors
Ogoti, Naomi Geke
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Kenyatta University
Abstract
Crime affects the lives of all Kenyans and makes it difficult to achieve the security and safety
aspirations of the Political Pillar in the Vision 2030. As Kenya moves into a middle-level income
country status, more needs to be done to improve on the security of life and property through
community policing. The general objective of the study was to establish the citizens’
participation effectiveness and community policing scenario at Ongata Rongai in Kajiado
County, Kenya. The three specific objectives of the study were to: establish police-community
partnership effectiveness; identify crime prevention strategies effectiveness; and, analyse
problem-solving approaches effectiveness in community policing at Ongata Rongai. The study
analysed existing literature in accordance with the objectives of the study. The conceptual model
consisted of independent variable, moderating variable and dependent variables. The study
adopted exploratory research design. Systematic sampling was done to select the sample for the
study. A structured questionnaire was used for data collection from 353 community members
living in an area of 16.50 square kilometers at Ongata Rongai. Snowballing method was used to
sample ten police officers who participated in an interview process. The quantitative data derived
from questionnaires were analysed with the assistance of Statistical Packages for Social
Sciences. The qualitative data originating from interview guides were analysed by contentanalysis.
The key results were on the three components of community policing namely: policecommunity
partnership effectiveness in community policing; crime prevention strategies
effectiveness in community policing; and, problem-solving approaches effectiveness in
community policing. The study expects that citizens’ participation effectiveness in community
policing contributes to the protection of life and property at Ongata Rongai. The study makes a
contribution in knowledge of security management and police studies in Kenya generally and in
Kajiado specifically. The study recommends that the two stakeholders, police and community,
should vigorously work together to protect life and property
Description
A Research Project Submitted to the School Of Security, Diplomacy
And Peace Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the
Award of the Degree of Masters in Security Management and Police
Studies of Kenyatta University. April 2018