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Can return of feared chiefs stop bandits in the North?

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Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki. [Collins Kweyu, Standard]

The directive by Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki to arm some chiefs and allocate each five armed police officers has drawn condemnation and praise in equal measure.

Chiefs are excited about enjoying the powers their counterparts had before the promulgation of the 2010 Constitution while ordinary Kenyans who tasted their wrath are a worried lot.

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