Analysis of Influence of Policy Formulation on Security Service Delivery in National Police Service, Kenya

Abstract

Insecurity has been on the increase in the recent past and has become the main cause of loss of property and lives around the world. This has had distressing effects on families in monetary terms, emotionally through trauma and grief and the distraction of lives dependents lives. Numerous policies have been set to ensure effectiveness and efficiency in security services delivered by the National police service. However, despite these policy strategies and effort, security service delivered by NPS in Kenya remains a challenge. The terrain in statistics, reports, and empirical studies indicate that there is a persistent trend that citizens continue to lose their lives and properties daily due to poor security services provided by NPS. Policy formulation has been cited as one of key effects on Security services provided by National police service. Policy formulation in NPS has not been effective based on a persistently severe public pain, attracting government attention. In Kenya several Policies have been developed permitting the creation and direction of police institutions to accomplish peace and security. Despite the many security initiatives, the actual security service by National Police service (NPS) has been diminishing, which is a clear manifestation of the existence of deficient Policy formulation in the NPS. The concern is why poor security services in a country with elaborate policy frameworks. This study determined the influence of policy formulation on security service delivery by the National Police Service in Kenya. Study results indicate that ppolicy formulation was significantly influencing NPS's quality of security services. Evidence of an inverse association between Policy formulation and the quality of security services delivered by NPS was evident. Further, policy formulation had not been a participatory activity, and the current security policies had not been implemented effectively.