Justus O.S. OseroNdegwa, Martin2024-06-122024-06-122017https://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/28337A Research Project Submitted In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Award of the Degree of Masters in Security Management and Police Studies in the School Of Security, Diplomacy and Peace Studies of Kenyatta University, 2017.Narcotic drugs control is a continuum of events focused on interrupting illegal drugs smuggled by air, sea, or land. Normally consists of several phases – cueing, detection, sorting, monitoring, interception, handover, disruption, endgame, and apprehension – some which may occur simultaneously. The study assessed the challenges influencing narcotic drugs control by police officers at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi. The study adopted a descriptive survey design that targeted 138 police officers working at the airport who were proportionately stratified according to their operative unit. Data pertinent to the study was gathered using structured questionnaires with closed-ended questions from 3rd February 2017 to 3rd March 2017 with strict ethical confidentiality maintained. Data collected was analysed using descriptive statistics and a linear regression model was used to assess the challenges that influence narcotic drugs control indicating a good level of prediction (R2= .898). The study found that the narcotic drugs seized at JKIA were heroin, cocaine, cannabis, methamphetamine, and ephedrine with no apparent seizure trends identified. The study found no relationship between a police officer’s gender (X2(3) =2.958, p=.398), age (X2(9) =12.286, p=.198), job experience years(X2(12) =11.738, p=.467), education level (X2(6) =2.984, p=.811) and narcotic drugs control. The study found a significant positive influence of organisation resource capacity on narcotic drugs control (t(68) = 16.925, p=.000 at 95% level of confidence). There was no statistically significant influence of the legal and regulatory framework (t(68) = -.411, p=.683), information technology (t(68) = .585, p=.561) and drug courier profiling (t(68) = -.381, p=.705). The study recommends utilisation of data by the National Police Service (NPS) to justify the need for more resources to enhance narcotic drugs control, continuous on the job trainings for NPS police officers on the legal and regulatory framework(s) utilised when performing their duties, using predictive policing technology at JKIA by the NPS to cover ground for the few resources, and creating a review process to measure the effectiveness of the NPS institutionalised training regimes.enChallengesNarcotic DrugsPolice OfficersJomo Kenyatta International AirportNairobiThesis