VIPs don’t need bloated security detail

If there is anything stand-offs are good for, it is their propensity to produce exposés. And so last week, we were treated to some rancorous muscle twisting on the small matter of guns. You see, there are some big boys whose toys include stuff like guns, and are ringed by a retinue of gun-stashed, mean-looking fellows ready to crush your rib.

Then it happened that the Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Nkaissery, a master of guns, touched some of these gadgets. Like all children who love toys, there was brouhaha as the boys came out throwing tantrums. In this mix, a pink cat jumped out of the bag. We got the dizzying figures of the massive security detail attached to VIPs, especially governors. Some have a whole infantry at their disposal.