There is no police management board on fleet management, tools and equipment, report says

There is no police management board on fleet management, tools and equipment, a report says.

The report by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission found there is failure to constitute the Fleet Management Board and allocate suitable motor vehicles for operations; Failure to allocate motor vehicles to certain police stations and Sub County Administration Police Units, and to install motor vehicle tracking systems on GoK vehicles.

There is also inadequate fuel allocations to police stations, which creates room for extortion, and soliciting of bribery by police officers to respond to incidents.

The report recommends the constituting and operationalizing the Fleet Management Board to provide policy guidance on fleet management and ensuring adequate allocation and equitable distribution of motor vehicles to Police Formations, Units and Stations.

It also wants officials to install tracking devices on GoK vehicles and reviewing and rationalizing fuel allocation criteria to match vehicle engine capacity and workload.

The report found out there is failure to establish and operationalize County Policing Authorities, to implement community policing and Community policing initiatives mostly being undertaken through “nyumba kumi” initiative and at times through vigilante groupings.

This, EACC said, undermines coordinated crime prevention efforts between the police and the community, and demotivates committee members and weaken grassroots participation.

Recommendations include establishing and operationalizing County Policing authorities; and ensuring uniform implementation of community policing programmes across the counties in line with Section 41 of the National Police Service Act on the Legal Framework and Operating Environment the report says NPS has not implemented various sections of the NPS Act like the establishment of a Service Examination Board, formation of an association
for consultation on matters relating to police officers.

The service has also not implanted regulations for private use of officer and that the service has not developed regulations to operationalise the various provisions of the standing orders, which include guidelines for conducting interviews of victims of crime, courts, prosecution of crime and handling of evidence, control of traffic, fleet management, criminal investigations, escorts, patrol and general duties, community policing, inspection and sickness, injury and death of a police officer, among others.

The NPS act has not incorporated the roles of the accounting officer, not developed integrated complaints management policy and structure and these limit the implementation of the NPS mandate and give room for unchecked discretion, leading to abuse of office and other malpractices.

EACC presented the Report of the Examination into the Systems, Policies, Procedures and Practices of Work of the National Police Service (NPS) Thursday November 13 2025 at the National Police Leadership Academy.