This archive report was first published on 9 May 2021.
On February 22, Inspector General Hillary Mutyambai announced an online engagement with the public, a move that has since been followed by a viral video plea from a police officer seeking to resign from the service.
The officer, who remains unidentified, expressed her frustrations in the video, stating that she had written numerous resignation letters but they were yet to reach the IG.
"Sir, kindly allow me to resign from the police office because I can thrive elsewhere. Even if it means, resigning without pay, I will not mind," she said in the video.
She further requested President Uhuru Kenyatta to disband the Internal Affairs office, citing corruption among its officials.
"We are suffering. Officials in that office are full of corruption yet they get a salary at the end of the month. They don't solve any cases, that's why police kill cause of such problems," she concluded.
Her plea has since been received by the IG, who has vowed to follow up on the matter.
According to a report released by the National Police Service Commission (NPSC) in January 2020, the spike in murder and suicide cases among police officers could be linked to limited supervision of junior officers residing outside police camps.
