Kenya: Stalled police reform is a risk to elections

Headline Title: Kenya: Stalled police reform is a risk to elections 30 January 2013 Violence in the aftermath of the 2007 Kenyan elections which claimed 1,300 lives shows just how vital it is Kenyan police are properly prepared ahead of polls this March, Amnesty International said in a new report, Police Reform in Kenya: “A Drop in the Ocean”. The report details how delays in implementing new laws on policing mean that many of the same police structures in place during 2007-8 post-election violence will be responsible for security for the 4 March vote.“With five weeks to go to the…

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