When a city is nicknamed "Nairobbery". positivity doesn't
come in accordance. Nairobi is known throughout the world for
their horrendous crime rate with an array of crimes ranging from
violent armed robberies to burglaries and carjackings. According
to the United Nation's International Civil Service Commission in
2001, the cities security status was switched from B to C which
ranks it lower than Bogota and Beirut. Additionally, the report
claimed that more than one third of Nairobi residents were robbed
with the threat of force. Consequently, most crime goes unreported
because Nairobi police are though to be corrupt. 98% of about
9,000 Nairobi residents surveyed said police were corrupt. Also,
gunfire is notorious throughout the city and rings at all hours of
the day and night.
If Nairobi didn't have such a twisted police force, what would
happen? Would their crime rate really drop to a reasonable level?
Well, they have tried to step up their crime fighting in the past,
and it worked wonders. Due to an increased number of police and
security, crime decreased tremendously in 2006. However, in a few
years they were in the same position they started with because the
corrupt police let a lot happen. I feel that the Kenyan government
should start putting harsh sanctions on the police forces. They
should also not just penalize these rule breakers, but remove them
from the force and red flag them so their havoc stops dead in its
tracks.
Sources
http://www.unon.org/unoncomplex/security_advice.php
http://www.osac.gov/Reports/report.cfm?contentID=63950
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/29/world/un-study-says-nairobi-is-inundated-with-crime.html