The Kenyan Prison Service was not established until 1911 under the Ministry of Home Affairs , Heritage and Sports . Then in 1917 , it was decided to name people to the jobs of Commissioner of Prisons and Assistant Commissioner of prisons . This now caused the responsibility and managing of prisons to be solely controlled by the commissioner . The current head of prison administration in Kenya is Isaiah Samuel Osugo and he oversees all 108 prisons/institutions that are located in Kenya . Throughout the history of Kenya , there has been a long running tab of corruption and violence that has taken place in the country . Kenya has never been a very safe country because of many issues within its political system and they are still having many issues to this day . One fact worth noting is that , " According to the EACC , at least 30 % of GDP , which is the equivalent to about $ 6 Billion in the United States , is being lost to corruption . " ( Amnesty International ) Their government has also been accused of corruption because of inflating costs in procurement processes . Kenya has many problems with armed groups . For example , on 25 October 2016 , 12 people were killed in the town of Mandera by Al-Shabaab on a guest house that hosting a theatre group . It is hard for Kenya to put a stop to groups like this when their security agencies are also corrupt . According to Amnesty International , " Security agencies were implicated in human rights violations , including extrajudicial executions , enforced disappearances and torture " ( Amnesty International ) . There is supposed to be freedom of speech and expression in Kenya , but the authorities continue take away the freedom of expression by trying to intimidate journalists , bloggers , and other influential members of civil society . Several persons ( possibly tied to al-Qaeda ) suspected of involvement with the 1998 East Africa Embassy attacks and the 2002 Kikambala attacks in Mombasa remain at large and potentially dangerous to tourists and Kenyans
1998 East Africa Embassy attacks
1998 United States embassy bombings
Crime in Kenya