Tough economic conditions drove up crime cases last year, a State of National Security Report forwarded to the Parliament reads.
This is in the period between September 1, 2022, to August 31, 2023.
In the report dated October 26, President William Ruto, who was sworn in on September 13, 2022, attributed the surge in criminal activities to harsh economic conditions that prevailed worldwide.
He said these conditions were stoked by shutdowns in economic activity, disruption of supply chains by the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine.
The report also outlines the drought