Dear E.A.C.C,

“ Muhammad Ali: the police force is full of corruption, and the law process has collapsed.” The use of police power for personal benefit is known as police corruption. Extortion and bribery are two examples (for example, accepting money in exchange for not enforcing the law). Corrupt cops cost a lot of money. A corrupt act is, first and foremost, a criminal offence. This letter  is a call to action on the issue of police corruption and it will analyse its effects and what should be done about it

The Kenyan police force has played a key role in propagating corruption. Many police officers are underpaid, which creates a dilemma that can lead to corruption. The dishonest cops are totally ignorant that their self-serving actions have made a huge impact on citizens in desperate need of assistance. The Kenyan police force is known to be one of the country’s most corrupt public institutions. Corruption is not simply a problem of the lower ranks. It can be found at all levels of the police organization. And there are reports that those who refuse to pay bribes are sometimes brutalized, maimed or even killed. Police corruption points to larger systemic problems caused by an absence of checks and balances and fragile institutions. This means it’s hard to hold them accountable for their actions.

According to Transparency International's East African Bribery Index Report, 92 percent of Kenyan people consider their police to be the most corrupt, and many of them had paid a bribe to their police in the previous year. Typically, civilians are extorted into paying police for access to various services, such as speeding up service, ensuring the proper legal process is completed quickly, and avoiding problems with the authorities. Some people even pay bribes to avoid paying the entire amount due for a service, to avoid legal action taken against them, to acquire access to information, and to avoid judicial penalties, among other things.

Governments are addressing the problem of corruption in the police service by making the process of transfer of staff and promotions transparent. In the age of technological advances, the government focuses on technology to design resources to reduce corruption. Focus on administrative control ,increasing supervision of line officers, giving supervisors increased responsibility for combating corruption and eliminating debt practices that encourage corruption.

We object to the idea that corruption is our way forward, we can fight corruption through countless and promising mechanisms. An example is through advocacy aid aimed at enhancing better transparency and integrity, stimulate accountability to the public by the police force, identify existing social networks, structures, organizations, social  institutions and use them as a vehicle for communication to the citizens advocating against corruption, embark on encouraging the public to promote a corruption free society, interview and document ex-officers on their experiences working in the police force and if they accepted any form of bribery, reasons for accepting bribery.

There are people who will oppose what we are proposing, such as police officers who routinely accept bribes from citizens and corrupted political figures who benefit from the privileges that come with corruption, but we have also realised that there are people who will support us, such as innocent prisoners who have been imprisoned because the police took bribes to imprison them, angry citizens who have rights, and parents who want to ensure their children's safety.

Finally, police corruption has an impact on civilians' lives. Citizens are forced into bribery to avoid going to court. There is a need for reforms in the police force to mitigate corruption in order to protect the government's reputation and improve service delivery to the citizens.