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"content": "infection and it was, therefore, deemed necessary that they are well equipped and protected while on duty. The tour was undertaken on 28th April, 1st, 5th and 7th May 2020 during which the Committee toured 18 police stations; namely, Pangani, Muthaiga, Gigiri, Runda, Kasarani, Central Police Station, Parklands, Spring Valley, Muthangari, Kileleshwa, Kamukunji, Shauri Moyo, Industrial Area, Embakasi, Kilimani, Lang’ata, Ongata Rongai and Karen. Hon. Speaker, during the visit, the Committee inspected various station facilities and held meetings with Officers Commanding Stations (OCSs) and Officers Commanding Police Divisions (OCPDs) while accompanied by officers of different ranks attached to respective stations. As at the time of compiling this Report, Kenya had recorded 4,738 cases with 123 deaths. Having assessed the facilities and received submissions from OCSs and OCPDs from various police stations during the tour, the Committee was concerned that police officers were exposed to and contracting COVID-19 because of congestion in offices, thereby, not adhering to social distancing, among other reasons. The Committee recommends as follows: (i) The Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government should, as a medium-term or long-term measure, take appropriate actions to ensure adequate office spacing for police officers. (ii) The Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government should, as a matter of urgency, take appropriate action to ensure adequate supply of the requisite COVID-19 prevention working tools, kits, equipment and materials to police stations countrywide. (iii) The Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government should, during this time of COVID-19 pandemic, institute interim measures to ensure adherence to social distancing in police stations, pending the implementation of the medium- term or long-term measures. (iv) The Inspector-General of Police should, during this time, ensure cash bail for bailable offences, and ensure that suspects are expeditiously processed and where they must be detained, social distancing is observed in cells and suspects are provided with personal protective gear. (v) The Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government should, as a matter of urgency, ensure due process of the law applies in the determination of the fate of aliens being held at Industrial Area Police Station for inordinately long. These are people from Ethiopia and South Sudan who had been held in the station. (vi) The Inspector-General of Police should issue a directive to police stations to ensure that whenever they come across COVID-19 suspects, they should not detain them in cells but, immediately, call the emergency response team to transfer them to Government holding and treatment facilities. (vii) The Inspector-General of Police should also take the necessary action to ensure that all police stations are sensitised to be fully conversant with Government regulations guidelines and procedures on COVID-19 management for their own safety."
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