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Rein in on rogue city council askaris

A friend once said he prefers being accosted by thugs to having a tiff with Nairobi City County inspectorate officers, commonly referred to as Kanjos or council askaris. He made sense.

The inspectorate officers are supposed to enforce the law but have turned into terrible brutes. In Nairobi, hawkers tell sad tales of how they have been attacked by council askaris.

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