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Are police officers sleeping on the job?

By PETER WANYONYI

Life is cheap in Kenya. It doesn’t matter who you are or what your station in life is, we just do not seem to take life seriously. Villagers quietly laugh at city-dwellers who have come to expect security services from the State and its unreliable police force. In the village, it is the neighbours that save you when thugs come calling, not the police.

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