The proposed Council further undermines the independence of the Office of the Inspector General. The current proposal envisages a Council chaired by the Internal Security Cabinet Secretary, Internal Security Principal Secretary, Police Inspector General, and two senior members of the National Police Service all appointed by the President. Should this proposal pass in its current form, the country will be predictably returned to an era when the police acted and were perceived as an extension of the ruling executive.
Katiba At 10: Youth
Before the coming into force of the 2010 Constitution, the youth were a highly neglected part of the Kenyan society in terms of the laws put in place to ensure their protection and representation. For instance, the most notorious clause in this law was the anti-discrimination clause, Section 82, which excluded age as a ground for discrimination. In this law, age was only mentioned as a cap for retiring from and qualifying for certain positions or as a justification for the limitation of certain rights.