Crime in Kenya

There is a dedicated police unit that deals with mitigating tourist target offences, thus decreasing the rate of their occurrence.

[2] Nairobi averages about ten vehicle hijackings per day, while Kenyan authorities have limited capacity to deter or investigate such acts.

[2] In response, the Kenya Wildlife Service and police have taken some steps to strengthen security in the affected areas, but the problem has not been eliminated.

Owing to the success of this "Saleh Strategy", in 2010, the Garissa Peace and Development Committee (GPDC) hosted several high-level delegations from adjacent nations such as Uganda and shared its experiences in community building.

According to Interpol, the NEP's commercial hub of Garissa is also one of the safest areas in the larger eastern Great Lakes region.

Throughout the history of Kenya, there has been a long-running tab of corruption and violence that has taken place in the country, which has made an indelible mark on its political system.

One fact worth noting is that "According to the EACC, at least 30% of GDP, which is the equivalent to about $6 Billion in the United States, is being lost to corruption."

[8] On 25 October 2016, 12 people were killed in the town of Mandera by Al-Shabaab in a guest house that hosted a theatre group.

According to Amnesty International, "Security agencies were implicated in human rights violations, including extrajudicial executions, enforced disappearances, and torture."

Despite legal protections for freedom of speech and expression, there is evidence of Kenyan authorities intimidating journalists, bloggers, and other influential members of civil society.

[1][10] At the urging of the Al-Shabaab militant group,[11] a significant and increasing number of terrorist attacks in Kenya have been carried out by local Kenyans, many of whom are recent converts to Islam.

[13] Referred to as the "Kenyan Mujahideen" by Al-Shabaab's core members,[12] the converts are typically young and overzealous, and being impoverished makes them easier targets for the outfit's recruitment activities.

Because the Kenyan insurgents have a different profile from the Somali and Arab militants that allows them to blend in with the general population of Kenya, they are also often harder to track.

Women in Mombasa have held public protests, asking the government to move quickly to arrest young people using narcotics.