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How I narrowly missed being thrown into Lake Victoria by AP officers who said I was fighting the Government using a pen

Police office seems to believe that they are above the law.To them they believe they are the government and everybody should submit to them.

In a recent harrowing tale, seven Administration Police officers are in the spotlight for allegedly torturing a Standard Media journalist while on duty.

The Bondo based Standard Media journalist was arrested as he tried to cover a story that was involving human rights activists.


“ I was arrested at Usenge township,Siaya County as I interviewed human rights activists about an impending protest by local traders against harassment by the Quick Respond officers,” he said.

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