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    "content": "It is a sad situation when a Kenyan dies and especially in the hands of the same force that is supposed to help that particular Kenyan survive. Utumishi kwa Wote means that the police force must be a service force that helps wananchi survive and not kill them. In this particular case it is a sad situation and I hope that some compensation will be given to the family of this person who lost his life. However, it should not happen again. Every time something like this happens it is usually a problem of leadership and poor training of the police force. They should be trained in such a way that they understand that their prime purpose is to protect the citizens of Kenya so that they are safe wherever they may be. I know of occasions in Isiolo when there were some skirmishes between the Turkana and the Meru communities. There was a young man there who was from the Turkana community who was supposed to act as a policeman and fire bullets into his own people who are usually on the receiving end. I remember that young man refused to fire those bullets. Guess what? He was murdered by his own force because he did not want to do that. I remember a situation in Lodwar where there were some boda boda boys who were protesting about some bad incidents that were going on whereby they were being arrested for not wearing reflector jackets. During that demonstration one boy was gunned down by the police and the officer who committed that crime was actually protected by the police. That crime was protected by the police. Instances like this tell you that we do not have ‘ Utumishikwa Wote’ . We have a force that has become rogue. That is usually a failure in leadership. The police are not well trained and do not know the purpose they are serving. They are supposed to serve wananchi with respect especially in a democratic country like Kenya which has democratic laws. Kenyans are free to picket and demonstrate peacefully for as long as they are not causing harm to other people or breaking property. It is unacceptable to have a police force that kills."
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