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To Kenyans, police officers are the enemy within

Former President Mwai Kibaki during a pass out parade. [Photo: File/Standard]

A report by a state agency indicates that members of the public still fear to report when police officers violate the law. Our writer JECKONIA OTIENO unravels these fears

 Four armed men walked into   Kristensen Jan’s home in Kisumu in broad daylight. They then strangled the 73-year–old Norwegian missionary before they were gunned down by police.  It later emerged that some of these outlaws who had been shot at the crime scene were police officers.

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