Supporting Security Governance

Women urged to play key role in fighting crime

By Jackson Okata Women in Nakuru have been challenged to actively play a role in helping end the rampant cases of insecurity being reported especially within slum areas. Speaking during a community policing forum in Kaptembwo Slums, Ms Jane Josiah from the Midr ift Human Rights Network stressed that women

Gender officer from Kaptembwo police station leading discussions on 101 Q&A booklet on police at KNLS Nakuru Library

Midrift Human Rights Network Supporting Security Governance in Nakuru County

The concept of good governance is premised upon three cornerstones namely: legitimacy, accountability and transparency. Governance in the security sector in Kenya faced by a police “service” and society in which corruption, human rights violations and lack of transparency are normalized leading to a diminished capacity for security sector governance.