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Irony of police officers enforcing coronavirus with guns and batons

Police turn away a boda-boda rider after he tried crossing over a roadblock erected at Isinya Weighbridge station along Kajaido-Nairobi Highway. [David Njaaga/Standard]

Last Thursday, a photo of an armed police officer standing guard over members of the public lying on the ground went viral on social media.

It was an AP officer said to have arrested city residents for failing to adhere to government regulations to wear face masks while in public.

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