TABLE OF CONTENT
DECLARATION ............................................................................................................................ ii
APPROVAL .................................................................................................................................. iii
DEDICATION ............................................................................................................................... iv
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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-
