专业安全机构在肯尼亚索提克和博拉布乡遏制偷牛行为的效果

Fredrick Nyagwara, Kennedy Ogutu
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肯尼亚面临着大范围的偷牛威胁。这种威胁主要发生在图尔卡纳人、桑布鲁人、马赛人、波科特人以及基普西吉人和基西人等牧民聚居的县。有人被杀,财产损失;有人肢体残缺,受伤,流离失所。安全组织,如一般事务股(GSU)和反牲畜盗窃股(ASTU)等,被动员起来帮助遏制偷牛的危险,但偷牛事件仍在肯尼亚继续发生,包括索提克和博拉布子县。因此,本研究旨在调查安全机构在肯尼亚博米特县和尼亚米拉县遏制偷牛行为的有效性。因此,本研究调查了专业安全机构在肯尼亚博美特和尼亚米拉县索提克和博拉布子县遏制偷牛行为的有效性。研究采用了顺序探索性混合方法设计。目标人群为索提克和博拉布子县所有了解讨论主题的居民(18 岁及以上)。他们的人数为 284 379 人。共有 156 名受访者参与。受访者是通过有目的的抽样抽取的。调查问卷用于收集定量信息,而关键信息提供者访谈指南则用于收集受访者的定性信息。假设采用皮尔逊相关系数(r)进行检验,显著性水平为 α =0.05。从两个分县获得的结果表明,部署专门的安全机构对遏制偷牛有显著的统计影响。这意味着,在部署安保机构之前,偷牛的频率相对较高,而在部署安保机构之后,偷牛的频率则相对较低。因此,偷牛事件的减少要归功于在该地区不断追捕和部署的特种部队,如 ASTU、GSU 和行政警察。研究建议,国家政府应扩大专门安全机构在偷牛事件高发地区的存在和活动,重点关注机构存在与偷牛事件减少之间相关性最高的地区。政府还应为专业安全人员实施有针对性的培训计划,使他们掌握必要的技能和知识,以应对与偷牛相关的独特挑战。
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Efficacy of Specialized Security Agencies in Curbing Cattle Rustling in Sotik and Borabu Sub-Counties in Kenya
Kenya has faced a wide scale threat of cattle rustling. The menace has been occurring mainly in counties populated by pastoralist groups including the Turkana, Samburu, Maasai, Pokot as well as Kipsigis and Kisii among others. People have been killed, their property lost; some mutilated, injured, and displaced. Security organizations such as the General Service Unit (GSU) and the Anti-Stock Theft Unit (ASTU) among others were mobilized to help curb the danger of cattle rustling yet it has continued to occur in Kenya including Sotik and Borabu Sub counties. The purpose of this study was thus to investigate how effective security agencies were in curbing cattle rustling in the counties of Bomet and Nyamira, Kenya. This study therefore investigated the effectiveness of specialized security agencies in curbing cattle rustling in the Sotik and Borabu Sub-Counties in Bomet and Nyamira Counties in Kenya. A sequential exploratory mixed methods design was used. The target population was all the residents of Sotik and Borabu Sub-Counties (18 years and above) who had information regarding the topic under discourse. They were 284,379 in number. A total of 156 respondents participated. The respondents were drawn through purposive sampling. A questionnaire was used to gather quantitative information while key informant interview guides were used to gather qualitative information from the respondents. The hypothesis was tested using Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient (r) at α =0.05 level of significance. The results obtained from the two sub-counties determined that the deployment of specialized security agencies had a statistically significant effect on curbing cattle rustling. This means that before the deployment of security agencies, the frequency of cattle rustling was relatively high as compared to the periods after their deployment. The reduction was therefore attributed to the constant pursuit and deployment of specialized units such as the ASTU, GSU and Administration Police in the region. The study recommends that the national government should expand the presence and activities of specialized security agencies in regions with a history of high cattle rustling rates, focusing on areas with the highest correlation between agency presence and rustling reduction. The government should also implement targeted training programs for specialized security personnel to equip them with the necessary skills and knowledge for addressing the unique challenges associated with cattle rustling.
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