Uganda's Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIGP), Asan Kasingye has used the arrest of six cops in the mysterious death of two Kianjokoma brothers, in Embu County to call for reforms in their police service.
AIGP Kasingye quoted a tweet from Citizen TV on the arrest of the six police officers and acknowledged that there is a problem among the lower-ranked cops, seeing as all the suspects arrested in Kenyan are Corporals and Constables.
The Ugandan Police boss was commenting after IPOA named Corporal Consolota Njeri, Corporal Benson Mbuthia, Constable Lilian Cherono, Constable Martin Wanyama, Constable Nicholas Sang and Constable James Mwaniki as the six cops suspected in the death of the two brothers.
The Ugandan national noted that there is a need for reform in the police force in Uganda even as Kenyans called for justice after the death of the two brothers Benson Njiru and Emmanuel Mutura.
He tagged the Ugandan Police force in a tweet stating: "They are normally Constables & Corporals. This is the area we need to reform. No command lapses?"
Security Expert George Msamali who spoke to Kenyans.co.ke noted that Uganda needs reforms adding that the two countries operate differently.
Msamali acknowledged that for Ugandan AIGP to see a problem in the Kenyan police service, it means that there is a big problem in the Kenyan police service.
"The Uganda Police has a lot of political interference but the AIGP is also correct because reform would be necessary but done differently in both countries," the security expert stated.
He added that in Kenya the police service is highly affected by corruption and people with criminal people who get recruited in the force and take advantage of the powers that the service grants its employees.
Msamali noted that the officers who are suspected of having a hand in the death of the two Kianjokoma brothers, Njiru and Mutura broke the law and acted in impunity adding that these cases are done on an individual basis which ends up affecting the collective.
"Police are civilians and they have been given the power to protect Kenyans and in most cases, these acts are done by individuals but the corruption in the service makes these people confident to break the law," he added.
Inspector-General of Police Hilary Mutyambai had earlier stated that the six officers implicated in the death of the two brothers had been suspended.
He assured Kenyans that the matter will be solved and that the perpetrators will be brought to book.
