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A fake policestation constructed by an individual at Cheboror trading centre, Kesses Sub County, Uasin Gishu County, on March 10, 2025. [Peter Ochieng, Standard]
Some chap in the Rift Valley has captured the national attention for establishing a "police patrol base," which he reportedly operated undetected for six months. He was in the process of donating one of his vehicles for use at the "base."
I was about to ask how he planned on staffing the base, but I remembered that shouldn't pose a challenge at all; there are many fake cops in our midst, and some have been tried in an open court, while instances of police renting out their uniform and arms to crooks, are legion.
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