• IG Japheth Koome and Governor Johnson Sakaja agreed to form the Nairobi County Policing Authority "as soon as possible."
• But Alai said the insecurity issue in Nairobi requires modern solutions including how to use data in identifying and managing crime.
Kileleshwa MCA Robert Alai has faulted new Inspector General of Police Japhet Koome and Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja for not addressing the root cause of insecurity in the city.
His remarks came hot on the heels of a meeting on Monday between the two which sought to find lasting interventions on the insecurity issue in Nairobi.
"I expected Sakaja to discuss deeper issues with Koome. How can we better urban policing? How to use data in identifying and managing crime. Morale boost for police officers etc," Alai said.
Koome and Sakaja agreed to form the Nairobi County Policing Authority "as soon as possible."
The IG said, after the meeting which was also attended by DCI boss Mohamed Amin and deputy IGs Noor Gabow and Edward Mbugua, that the authority will be anchored in law, including the National Police Service Act.
But Alai said the insecurity issue in Nairobi requires modern solutions including upgrading police stations from the precolonial-era model.
"Nairobi has many police stations and why do they remain in the 1960s as the city develops?" Alai quipped.
Monday's security consultative meeting followed cries and hues from city residents about rising insecurity cases around the city.
Social media was awash with accounts from Nairobians of how they were robbed, sometimes in broad daylight by knife-wielding youthful gangs.
Areas such as Archives, Koja bus stage, Globe roundabout, OTC and River Road were singled out as hot spots where most of the muggings that sometimes ended in the stabbing of victims happened.
A doctor at Kenyatta National Hospital last week called for caution saying the hospital receives on average between four to seven stab victims daily.
Her revelation came amidst reports that a section of police officers in the city was on a silent go-slow to protest the arrest and prosecution of their colleagues who are linked to abductions and extrajudicial killings.