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All-female SWAT team puts gender equality battle on right footing

The recently inaugurated all female Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team in Nairobi is the first of its kind in sub-Saharan Africa.

The 48 officers, who graduated from a combat training programme offered by the Administration Police Service in August, are now patrolling the streets on foot and in all-terrain vehicles.

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