Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 08:43:34 +0300 [12:43:34 AM CDT]
From: Janet Em
Subject: Re: Kenya Police reform on course?

HAHAHAHA, Kip,

We are here and surviving. we are trying hard to make Kenya a better place for you guys to invest in the future. Just give us a few more years and our sacrifices will bear fruit.

For some of us, this is our country and we have to fight all evils from within. Imagine how it would be if the mau mau guys all went abroad afraid of trigger-happy mzungus, we wouldnt be here today coz we would still be colonised.

On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 7:55 PM, sang kip wrote:

A friend here in the US says he wont get bak to Kenya because of escalating criminal acts in the country. Many Kenyans abroad feel they would invest in Kenya were it not for increased lawlessness and corruption in the government.
I fear trigger happy police and instability in the coalition governement above everything.

J.K. LELEITTO SANG
Coon rapids, MN

— On Mon, 6/1/09, harleen jabbal wrote:

From: harleen jabbal
Subject: RE: Kenya Police reform on course?
Date: Monday, June 1, 2009, 2:01 AM

I had a recent experience over an accident case and believe me Cops need help too- sure they are corrupt but if some grassroots things are sorted out, they should not have any excuse…
The Traffic Police Headquarters, has no proper office, no paperwork in place, hell their own parking lot has some of Nairobi’s biggest potholes. More officers are standing outside then inside, obviously carrying out deals…
Then comes the CID headquarters, where you buy the Abstract, first you can just walk into that premises without being checked, hell what if you were carrying explosives, its so easy – there is no security at the gate to protect themselves…Ok, when you finally get to the man selling the Abstracts, he’s operating out of a room and your access to him is a broken window!! its really crazy- is this how administration is handled….boy i wonder the day the Cops become anything close to IT savy, not that they cant, if they can operate cell phones “efficiently” then they sure can get online!
Then finally comes Kilimani Police Station- you can tell every cop has something going on, and hey i am not complaining on their efficiency to do the abstract, i got it fairly on time without much hassle- but they have no chairs, no desks, no proper offices to sit on…imagine you showed up at work and you are scrambling for the best chair! we’ve all been there and we created drama, i guess they gave up a long time ago and just want to keep up with their livelihood….

Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 01:00:59 -0700
Subject: Kenya Police reform on course?
From: donngala@ . . .

I know most of us do not have kind words for the boys in blue but I
was surprised to see a cop turn down a bribe and another assist push a stalled matatu off the road (on KTN news). Are these signs of things
to come? a reformed force dedicated to serving Kenyans or just
isolated incidences. Memories are fresh in our minds how the police
manhandled mechanics in Kirinyaga road shouting “hii ndio reforms
tunaimplement” as they descended on them with clubs..smoking innocent motorists our of their moving cars!

Having come across the 2 breeds of cops up close & candid. I must
conclude, the majority of Kenyan cops have no match when it comes to being sloppy in investigations, inefficiency par excellence and real
corrupt. My appreciation goes to the few cops (uniformed &
plainclothes) who have answered the call for duty and served with
honour. These include officers nicknamed ‘stupid’ and ‘mkisii’ who
have felled more than their fair share of criminals in Nairobi. When
these officers call Nairobi area control room, its brief “Nimeangusha
watatu Kiamaiko…mukuje muchukuwe” and they quickly move to the next hotspot leaving other boys in blue to clean the mess.

There is hope…Kenya Police will be a force to reckon with in
future.