Impact of Resource Allocation on the Performance of Kenya Police Officers in Nairobi City County, Kenya

The coming into force of the constitution of Kenya 2010 has led to several restructuring efforts in the Kenya law enforcement agency. The national law enforcement agency structure review focused on improving the efficiency and effectiveness of Kenya’s law enforcement agency. For a number of years, the service delivery has not fully reflected the mission statement, of the Kenya law enforcement agency of providing quality service to meet and exceed the expectations of the public. This study sought to determine the impact of police restructuring on the performance of Kenyan police officers in Nairobi City County. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of resource allocation on the performance of Kenyan police officers in Nairobi City County. This study was anchored on human capital theory and resource dependency theory. This employed in a descriptive study approach, and targeted 3739 Kenya police officers working in Nairobi City County, consisting of 33 Gazetted Officers, 206 members of the Inspectorate and 3500 officers of other ranks, from which a random sample of 361 officers was drawn and used for the study. A structured questionnaire was used was used to collect quantitative data from Kenya police officers of the rank of Inspector and below whereas an interview guide was used to collect qualitative data from Gazetted officers and Chief Inspectors of Police. A total of 246 questionnaires out of a sample of 338 were filled and returned representing a 72.8% return rate whereas a total of 21 interview guides out of a sample of 23 were filled and returned representing a 91.3% return rate.SPSS software aided analysis using descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings revealed that resource allocation had a positive and statistically significant influence on the performance of Kenya police officers. More resources tailored to areas of deployment and nature of assignment to be provided. Finally, the study proposes a further research on the influence of police-community linkage as a result of restructuring, on police officers’ performance and the influence of police integration in the community on the police officer’s performance. Keywords: Resource Allocation, Police Officers, Restructuring, Resource availability, Performance