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How IPOA's inadequate staffing fuels police brutality

The Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja (left) and chairman of the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) Ahmed Issack Hassan briefing the press following Albert Omondi Ojwang's death in police custod [File, Standard].

Serious understaffing is hampering Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) from delivering on its mandate.

The Authority’s current employees are 287 against an approved establishment by Public Service Commission of 1,377.

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