Security Governance in East Africa

Kennedy Mkutu Agade is associate professor in international relations and peace studies at United States International University, Nairobi.

• IntroductionKennedy Mkutu, Perry Stanislas, and Edward MogireChapter 1: Policing Where the State is Distant: Community Policing in Kuron, South SudanLaura C. Wunder and Kennedy MkutuChapter 2: Policing of Remote Resource-Rich Areas: From Marginal to Centre-StageKennedy MkutuChapter 3: Hybrid Security Governance in Nairobi’s Informal SettlementsPatrick MutahiChapter 4: Policing Terrorism in Kenya: The Security-Community InterfaceKennedy Mkutu, Edward Mogire, and Doreen AlusaChapter 5: Policing in Zanzibar: Analyzing Non-Cooperation Between the Police and the PublicDaniel Nygaard Madsen and Lusungu MbilinyiChapter 6: Private Security Companies in Tanzania: Regulation and OperationsKennedy Mkutu, Emmanuel Mkilia, and Venance ShillingiChapter 7: Private Security Organizations in Uganda: At Home and AwayTom OgwangConclusion: State and Non-State Policing: Building Inclusive Citizenship, Safety, and Security in East AfricaPerry Stanislas, Kennedy Mkutu, and Edward Mogire

For anyone who aims to understand the multitude of security arrangements in East Africa, this edited volume is a must-read. It is the first serious and concise account analyzing how policing works at the interface of state, private, and communal security arrangements in East Africa. It provides detailed and impressive examples from Kenya, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda, which do not only speak to each other, but which make this book a remarkable and convincing masterpiece in the field of Security Studies. In addition, this book addresses upcoming challenges for policing in times when the state is distant.