TABLE OF CONTENT

DECLARATION ............................................................................................................................ ii

APPROVAL .................................................................................................................................. iii

DEDICATION ............................................................................................................................... iv

ACI

ABBREVIATIONS ....................................................................................................................... vi

CHAPTER ONE ............................................................................................................................ 1

1.0 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................... 1

1.1BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY ........................................................................................... 2

1.2 Staten1ent ofthe problen1 ........................................................................................................... 3

1.3 JUSTIFICATION OF THE RESEARCH ................................................................................. 3

1.4 OBJECTIVES ............................................................................................................................ 3

1.5 RESEARCH QUESTIONS ....................................................................................................... 4

1.6 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY .............................................................................................. 4

1.6.1 RESEARCH DESIGN ............................................................................................................ 4

1.7 SCOPE OF THE STUDY .......................................................................................................... 4

1.8 HYPOTHESIS ........................................................................................................................... 5

1.9 LITERATURE REVIEW .......................................................................................................... 5

1.9.1 Human Rights and Policing .................................................................................................... 5

1.9.1.1 Police Powers and Functions and Human Rights ................................................................ 6

1.9.1.2 The Relationship between Human Rights and Policing ...................................................... 6

1.9.3 Police in human rights protection ........................................................................................... 7

1.9.4 Human rights and arrests ........................................................................................................ 7

1.10 Chapter Breakdown ................................................................................................................. 7

1.11 CONCLUSION ........................................................................................................................ 8

CHAPTER TW0 ........................................................................................................................... 9

2.0 Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 9

2.1 Concept of Human Rights ......................................................................................................... 9

2.2 The Police ................................................................................................................................ 13

2.2.1 Police and the 2010 Constitution .......................................................................................... 18

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2.3 HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE POLICE ................................................................................. 19

2.3.1 Police Actions and Human Rights ........................................................................................ 20

2.4 CONCLUSION ........................................................................................................................ 25

CHAPTER THREE .................................................................................................................... . 26

3.0 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................... 26

3.1 UNDERSTANDING ARREST ............................................................................................... 26

3.1.1 Power To Arrest Without A Warrant.. .................................................................................. 28

3.2 USE OF FORCE AND FIREARMS WHEN EFFECTING ARRESTS ................................. 29

3.2.lkey Human Rights Principles Relating To The Use Of Force And Firearms ....................... 30

CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................. 34

CliAPTER FOUR ....................................................................................................................... 35

FACE 0 1

F ARRESTS IN KENYA ............................................................................................... 35

4.0 INTI-