nothing to compare between the two societies my friend. Like day and night.
In many African countries you failure unless you use force. I say gun them down Baby.That seems the only language they understand.
the police officer should be released

The case will fail. The gun that the cop used had serial number XYZ, the one to be presented to the court will be XZY.
The judge will rule there is reasonable doubt and Katitu will be set free.

Seems most of these killings occur in Nairobi. How do cops in other major towns eg mombasa, nakuru, kisumu, eldoret etc handle crime?

For the idealists:
1. Why should we arm our police officers? Let them not bear arms like their British counter parts.
2. Which arm of our criminal justice system works as it should ideally? Courts = activists, police= corrupt, prisons = we don't care.

If we give in to thugs by intimidating the cops, then we must not moan about "our thugs are getting bolder by the day".

Only in Kenya do the well to do elude justice starting from the very top to people with relatives in Norway na kwakina @Kiash.

Victim mentality.

Aiming to survive today instead of being better today than you were yesterday.

It's not heathen behavior to expect the best of our professionals even when things are bad.

Saying that cops can be allowed to be criminals so that we can survive today is an acceptance of epic failure. Then you use the terms africans loosely. Basically agreeing with the white racist who says, africans can only be treated with a cane.

It is the same excuse used by the criminals when asked why they steal. They say the economy is very bad. If I was living in a welfare state I would not steal.

Excuses excuses galore for the lack of professionalism. Next they will tell us that the AK47's they carry aren't big enough, we should buy a huge anti-tank machine for every police station. OOoooops hang on, they did.

A mediocre person is one who refuses to seek the best especially when things are bad. I can see that most are agreeing that the police force is mediocre. If they can't sustain a court case, they need more training. Let's start solving the problem there.

Not allowing our cops to think they are mediocre and have no control of security.

I remember the story of the cop who killed Matheri. He was wined and dined and praised by everyone. Now he lives alone and scared. Will you be there for these cops who you are turning into killers and criminals in life?

Surely, some of these arguments are self defeatist and I personally don't understand them.

Came across this...

http://fivethirtyeight.c...tally-shooting-someone/[/quote]
yeah....like Ruaka or Gachie looks like it's in Wales or Japan. different strokes for different folks. Accept that!

we will get there

in the meantime, let the cops sort these robbers out before the thugs kill you and rape

mbunduki si kinjiko

This should please the wazua legalists

http://www.standardmedia...now-behind-bars?pageNo=3

[quote=Lolest!]This should please the wazua legalists

http://www.standardmedia...ow-behind-bars?pageNo=3[/quote]

All I needed to know about him was this quote

"his training tells him that if a robber defies orders, his options are limited to one. Take aim and open fire - that is what he did."

ni hayo tu. He is the judge, jury and executioner. Probably watched too many rambo movies and thinks he's a commando or something.

Next time he shall fire on you as you avoid a parking ticket.

I wish and pray that hero rots in jail and dies painfully from ulcers or whatever ailment is affecting him.

Last year, another police "hero" reported that he had shot and killed two muggers at globe round about. Turned out the two were egerton university students who had just arrived in the city from Njoro. They didn't have fare and were walking towards Ngara.

Thank God nowadays we have IPOA. I wish some of us could take time and read IMLU's annual reports. They contain horrific tales.