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COMMUNITY
POLICING WITH A Mr Kinoti, seems to under-
RIGHT HEART what kind of work you do or
stand that it does not matter
what agency of government
By Samuel Phillips you work for, you will always
reap the harvest of what you
sow. That for me was the
joker for 2020. For I think
h my goodness! that, humans have somehow
How I loved One thing also stands out learnt to forget that there
2020 and how concerning 2020, the can of are natural laws that must
O it "gracefully" worms locked up in the glob- not be broken in the course
showed us our hidden selves al police system got opened of living daily and the con-
by taking off the veils of the and the stench that came sequences that come with
'me, myself and I' syndrome out of it could have killed a breaking such natural laws.
that we have covered our- person from a million miles
selves with for too long. away. From the murder of According to the article, Mr
The false pandemic or let me George Floyd by a policeman Kinoti was recorded as say-
say "plandemic" that creat- in the US and the EndSars ing:
ed such a heightened level protests that saw the banning
of societal breakdown, the of the systemic wickedness "You can’t sleep well if
lockdown that was not really called SARS (Special Anti peoples’ tears and curses are
necessary, the many houses Robbery Squad) in Nigeria. upon you." He said, referring
of bubbles that were burst in Surely, 2020 really came to to how police men should go
the faces of their owners and open us up to ourselves, but about their duties.
the reality of the fact that, it will be every man's respon-
what we humans have spent sibility to respond to the call Kinoti noted that for him to
so many years building in the for change even as we have be able to investigate cases
name of a system, became seen that life can actually that have led to the loss of
shadows within just a few change within the space of a public funds he has had to
months. A thing which clear- year. be guided by the true spirit
ly gave many a new perspec- behind their title DCI - Ded-
tive about life and how best What about Police? ication, Care and Integrity.
to live, going forward. Speaking about the Police
force and the act of policing, The article continued:
It was such a beautiful year there are lots of issues to "I believe hell begins right
that revealed the many flaws deal with, but let me keep it here on earth, all actions
in our societies, families, simple. have consequences and there
business models, economy, is absolutely no honor in be-
trade, education and even A few weeks ago, I came ing a thief !" he said.
in the individual spaces. So across an article in The Star
for us here at Msingi Afrika daily newspaper. The article "I see this job as God’s test.
Magazine, life really got a was about Mr George Kinoti, I believe that God is watch-
huge and sweet reset in 2020 the Director of DCI (Direc- ing to see whether I will do
and we are so grateful for it. torate of Criminal Investiga- good to my fellow human be-
tion) Kenya. I will use a few ings who look up to me for
I intentionally called the excerpts from the article. I protection and security as a
pandemic false, because, kind of like the article, not police officer."
what else should you call it necessarily because the many
when the virus which they issues facing the police sys- He said that he has always
said caused the pandemic has tem were addressed, but be- encouraged his team to do
99.9% recovery rate? False at cause, from my own point of things that they will never
best. view, someone, in this case, regret later in life.
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