INFLUENCE OF RESOURCE ALLOCATION ON THE QUALITY OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IN KENYA

The central problem of this study was that despite the many government initiatives towards improving security in the country, actual law enforcement had been declining in the country. Influences to this low quality of law enforcement in the country had not been investigated nor understood by the concerned, thus hindering democratic policing and lack of accountability to civilians in the exercise of police power by the law enforcement agency Kenya Police Service, who are mandated with law enforcement in the country. The consideration of the relationship between resource allocation as the independent variable in this study and the quality of law enforcement as the dependent variable was sought. The purpose of the study was to determine the influence of resource allocation on the quality of law enforcement in Kenya. The unit of analysis was the Kenya Police Service. The study used a descriptive survey design that was cross-sectional with the list of the Administrative officers of the Kenya Police Service as the sampling frame. The questionnaire and an interview guide were used to gather relevant information from the respondents. Data collected was analysed using both the descriptive and inferential statistics. The study established that resource allocation has a positive significant influence on the quality of law enforcement in Kenya. The study recommended that proper planning and management of those resources involving the users of the said equipment. The management of the Kenya police resources should be assigned to skilled professionals with the technical knowhow and necessary management skills who would allocate resources to areas that correspond to functions or organizational units. The Kenya Police Service should also have an independent organ for resource allocations without having to go through the internal affairs ministry which makes the chain lengthy and compromised. Key Words: Quality Law Enforcement, Resource Allocation, Police Service, Influence CITATION: Kamau, C. N., Odhiambo, R., Wario, G., & Moronge, M. (2020). Influence of resource allocation on the quality of law enforcement in Kenya.  The Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management , 7(2), 134 – 149.