After guarding VIPs, the APs crawl into mabati houses

Houses belonging to police officers guarding top State officials. The camp is located between Ufunguo and Highrise estate on Mbagathi Road. [Pkemoi Ngeno, Standard]

During the day they are always in suits around Very Important Personalities (VIPs), clearing the way for them and making sure they are safe as they (VIPs) build the nation. But after their part in ‘building the nation’, they retreat to their humble abode situated between Highrise and Ufunguo estates along Mbagathi Road.

Life for police officers at the Uhuru SGB (Security of Government Buildings) camp is unbearable. Yet it is home to hundreds of AP officers who guard or chauffeur top government officials, Cabinet Secretaries and MPs.