Police officers should up their game and bring down rising crime rate

Residents of Kuresoi South constituency in Nakuru County demonstrating along Molo -Olenguruone road over rising insecurity in the area on April 25, 2021. [Courtesy]

Covid-19 has come with many side effects. Despite the pain inflicted by the pandemic in the form of sickness and death, it has caused serious economic devastation.

The virus has also disrupted the education sector and set learners back by months. But it clearly has another adverse effect: Crime is on the upswing again.