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Knee-jerk reactions will not solve Nairobi’s mess

The police have lost it, and so has Nairobi Governor Mike Mbuvi Sonko. Police officers have become objectionable, having failed to grasp the principles of elasticity and boiling points. They can bully people only so far.

Over time, police officers have stretched the patience of law abiding citizens by engaging in atrocities while clad in their official attire; secure in the knowledge they are insulated against reprisals.

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