The National Council on the Administration of Justice (NCAJ) has proposed four new technological developments aimed at enhancing efficiency and reducing corruption within the National Police Service (NPS).
During an ongoing NCAJ meeting in Mombasa, the resolutions were tabled in front of Chief Justice Martha Koome, Inspector General of Police Japhet Koome, and Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) boss Mohammed Amin, among other council members.
Digitisation of Occurrence Books at police stations, charge sheets, cash bail records, and the operationalisation of instant traffic fines were among the processes earmarked for digitisation.
However, NCAJ is yet to identify a partner who will assist in creating the digital platform and streamlining the different systems.
On her part, CJ Koome noted that the police service has not kept up with other agencies in using technology to improve service delivery and reduce corruption cases.
She seconded the move to come up with an application that would facilitate the receiving of cash bail and traffic fines and curb police officers receiving bribes.
Citing the Judiciary, she clarified that her jurisdiction no longer dealt with cash at any level, calling it a dire need for NPS to digitise its operations including cash bail which might foster effectiveness.
While she lauded the efforts already made and acknowledged that the police service had begun to streamline its services onto a digital platform, she emphasized that much more was still needed to be done.
Police boss IG Koome did not dispute the technological disparity in the sector, welcoming the proposal as he vowed to see it through.
The whole council resolved that going forward police OB was a top priority issue when it comes to digitisation.
NCAJ Council also committed to collaborating to automate instant traffic fines to ease backlog and root out abuse of process within the justice sector.
The resolution follows a February 27 decision to digitise and automate processes within police institutions that seek to enhance efficiency, accountability and seamless service delivery to the public.
