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IG Koome slams IPOA for criticising police work

Japhet Koome

Inspector-General of Police Japhet Koome. While ‘use of force’ is conventional in the world of policing, it lacks a universal definition. Contextual factors determine how countries codify and apply policies and regulations on the use of force.

Photo credit: Dennis Onsongo | Nation Media Group

Inspector General of Police Japhet Koome on Friday slammed  Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) for criticising police work. 

Koome called the authority busybody as both he and Interior CS Kithure Kindiki urged officers to use their firearms to defend citizens.

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