Exorcise demons from police officers, Matiang’i

Police roadblock along Ngong road after the set curfew hours.

How a disciplined Kenya Police Service can be so indisciplined beats imagination. The conduct of a majority of police officers is so debasing, it has besmirched the reputation of good officers so much that netizens aptly call them ‘glorified thugs’ in uniform; sadists who get paid salaries from public coffers for killing and maiming those whose sweat feeds the coffers.

We cannot, however, run away from the fact that the rank and file of the service can only be as good as those who command them. Juniors are a reflection of the top command’s perception of policing.