Nyumba kumi and institutional failure in kenya brainstorm. One of the most important determinants of development of any country is peace and security. Pdf evaluation of efficiency of nyumba kumi initiative. Nyumba kumi can have longterm peacebuilding impact in kenya. It upheld the principles of each community member being a keeper of the other. Conflict resolution and crime surveillance in kenya sage journals. Interrogating the nyumba kumi initiative brainstorm. Pdf effectiveness of the nyumba kumi community policing. Return to article details effectiveness of the nyumba kumi community policing initiative in kenya download download pdf. Since the reform agenda began in the police service in kenya, little effort has been made to look at the contribution the reform processes and the strategies employed have made to performance in security.
The measures put in place to halt the prevalence of youth involvement in armed crimes have not been as successful. This study is set to assess how effective the nyumba kumi policing initiative is in kenya. Kenya, conflict resolution, fight against crime, decentralisation, local authorities, local. View of effectiveness of the nyumba kumi community policing. Pdf nyumba kumi initiative was introduced in the kenya community. In practice, based on di erent documents, the tasks performed by the.
This was largely because of lack of faith in the police, and the officers negative attitude towards the initiative. Nyumba kumi is a form of community policing, and when kenyans find that they have suspicious neighbours and report to their leader, she will ultimately report it to the police, the very same people who have hindered the success of community based policing before. The study focused on examining the effectiveness of the nyumba kumi initiative, as a police reform strategy, in the county of nairobi. The ambitious nyumba kumi plan in which people should know at least ten of their neighbours underlines how critically the government views security. The effectiveness of the nyumba kumi initiative as a. Kenya has not been spared of this security challenge since the. In kenyas capital, this situation has led to a context of plural. It brings to the door step of individuals the mandate to ensure their own safety by knowing a few things about their neighbours. He explained that it was first implemented in likoni by a local ngos in 2008 and therefore long before the national nyumba kumi initiative was. This publication documents the main activities carried out by. The nyumba kumi initiative is a strategy of anchoring community policing at various levels that is household level, market, estate among others.
Police, people and peacebuilding in postconflict states uio duo. Effectiveness of the nyumba kumi community policing. Moh activates community policing, nyumba kumi initiative. In post independent tanzania during the president nyerere regime alongside interventions like ujaama was the nyumba kumi 10 households approach which was used for community policing.