Police officials are entrusted with the power to arrest a person without having obtained a warrant of arrest from a judicial  officer. It is necessary for the police to have this far-reaching power as the requirements of their work (e.g. to stop a  person from committing a crime) necessitate that. However, the deprivation of liberty is a serious intervention in a person’s life and the authority to arrest without a warrant must therefore be used in a lawful manner and not to intimidate,  scare or punish people.

Host Wanjiku Mwangi and Co host Wycliff Owino discuss the power to arrest a person without a warrant as afforded to police officials by the Criminal Procedure Code of Kenya and the  National Police Services Act.