Effects of Legislationin Investigating Economic Crimes in Kenya by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations Headquarters, Investigation Bureau

Abstract

The study analyzed the effects of legislation by the directorate of criminal investigations on economic crimes in Kenya. Descriptive design was adopted and a target population of all the 296 employees working as investigators at the Directorate of Criminal Investigations Headquarters Investigations Bureau. A census was conducted with acompletion success rate of 73% (216/296) respondents where Information was collected using a semi-structured questionnaire. STATA version 15 was used to process and analyze the data. Descriptive statistics were presented in the form of frequencies, means and standard deviations. A regression model was developed to establishe the relationship between Legislation (independent variable) and Economic crimes (dependent variable). Legislation (X1) showed a coefficent of 0.128. The regression model generated R 2 value of 0.18 implying that legislation has a 18% effect on invesstigating economic crimes. The P value was significant at 0% level (sig. P<0.005), confirming that the model is fit. The study variable had a positive relationship. The study recommended that awareness of the law should be prioritised and that there is need for the existing laws to be consistently implemented to reverse the gap on wealth skewedness as a result of economic crimes. Key words: