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Why Buruburu station is best detention centre in Nairobi

Buruburu Police Station which was ranked the second best detention facility in the country and the best in Nairobi. [Moses Omusula, Standard]

Being a visitor of the State is usually an unpleasant encounter, with nothing to write home about.

Dark, filthy, dingy and with bucket toilets overflowing with human waste best describe Kenya’s police cells. Stories of insufficient food rations, outbreak of diseases from congestion and harsh treatment from police officers have been retold countless times by former detainees.

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