NAIROBI,Kenya – The task-force directed to review the operations within the National Police Service, Kenya Prisons Service and the National Youth Service,chaired by Former Chief Justice David Maraga to ensure better service to Kenyans and greater accountability recently presented its report to President William Ruto recommending far-reaching changes.
The Taskforce was set up to identify the legal, policy, administrative, institutional, and operational constraints on effective service delivery by the National Police Service (NPS), the Kenya Prisons Service (KPS) and the National Youth Service (NYS) (the Services), and to review the welfare and the terms and conditions of service for members of the three Services.
This Report is in five parts. Part One contains the introduction and preliminary. Part Two presents the findings and recommendations of the Taskforce touching on National Police Service. Part Three contains findings and recommendations regarding Kenya Prisons Service. Part Four presents the findings and recommendations regarding the National Youth Service. Part Five contains all the Annexures.
The Taskforce established that the three Services are bedeviled with myriad challenges, foremost among them being underfunding; endemic corruption; leadership in the three Services; poor handling of human capital management and development; and other structural challenges as captured in this summary.
This section provides a summary of the issues in each of the three Services and the recommendations to address the issues and challenges identified. The last section identifies the common issues that cut across the three Services and the recommnedations of the Taskforce.
This Executive Summary has provided a general scan and overview of the main findings and recommendations regarding NPS, KPS and the NYS.
It is the view of the Taskforce that addressing the challenges identified will provide a basis for the envisaged transformation of the Services. The rest of the recommendations are contained at the end of each section and summary of recommendations including implementation matrix for each Service are contained in the respective part of this Report.
Read and Access the Executive Summary below:
