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Frustration of junior police officers damaging force

By CALIST OMONDI
While I congratulate Mr Macharia Njeru for his appointment as Chairman of  the Kenya Police Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA), I would like him and his team to consider the following points as far as police recruitment, training, management,  are concerned.

I retired from the force last year. Statistics show that on average 2,000 police officers leave annually through retirement, desertions, sackings, resignations or through natural causes like death.

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