Why it's wrong to turn police officers into debt collectors

Police officers during a past pass out at Kenya Police College in Kiganjo, Nyeri County.  [File, Standard]

As the New Year dawns, many Kenyans find themselves celebrating with one eye over their shoulders, not out of fear of insecurity, but from the dread of police knocks over unpaid debts. Every festive season, reports surface of people being rounded up, detained, or humiliated by law enforcement officers acting at the behest of creditors. This troubling pattern not only betrays the principles of justice but also exposes the dangerous erosion of human dignity enshrined in our Constitution.