The National Police Service (NPS) has acknowledged that it is overwhelmed and ill-equipped to effectively respond to the increasing number of gender-based violence (GBV) cases, including femicide, across the country.
Senior officers outlined the difficulties facing the service, including insufficient training, a severe shortage of staff, outdated infrastructure, slow judicial processes, and chronic underfunding.
While making submissions to the Technical Working Group on GBV, including Femicide, Senior Assistant Inspector General of Police Judy Lamet highlighted how these challenges have left many survivors without support or justice, while perpetrators often go unpunished.
Lamet, who also heads the Directorate of Community Policing-Gender and Child Protection at Kenya Police Service, told the task force that capacity limitations remain a major pressing concern in the fight against GBV and femicide. "While some officers have undergone GBV training, overall capacity remains uneven.
