Community safety counts

Bungoma

Bungoma is located in Western Kenya.

Main security challenges:

• Ethnic and political violence
• Lynching / mob justice
• theft of personal properties, housebreaking and robbery
• Sexual abuse, assault and domestic violence

Partners in Bungoma:

Catholic Justice and Peace Commission, police, community policing committee, chief

Achievements:

• Since the crime observatory project was started by Usalama forum at the station, services have improved
  as all parties-the police, agencies and the community- are able to share their views.
• The crime observatory software has been vital in capturing data thus decreasing the police officers workload which was exhaustive and time consuming.