Kesses man takes law into his own hands, offering a model worthy of replication

Some chap in the Rift Valley has captured the national attention for establishing a “police patrol base,” which he reportedly operated undetected for six months. He was in the process of donating one of his vehicles for use at the “base.”

I was about to ask how he planned on staffing the base, but I remembered that shouldn’t pose a challenge at all; there are many fake cops in our midst, and some have been tried in an open court, while instances of police renting out their uniform and arms to crooks, are legion.

In other words, this would probably have been the most professionally run police base because on need not disguise their true identity: citizens simply taking law into their own hands, under the command of the man who owned the building and vehicle at their disposal. The allure of this model, and which could potentially be replicated across the country is that credible competition will emerge as the Kiganjo graduates will be competing against well-trained civilians.

One could argue that it’s the same spirit that has seen the improvement of health, education and hospitality sectors, among others, where government agencies are compelled to up their game or get out of town.

So, the idea of citizens taking matters of their security in their own hands is not a vote of no-confidence against the State and its inability to protect the citizens, but a robust expression of Kenyans’ collective attitude of leading from the front.

For if Kenyans waited for the government to do anything for them, more than half the country where our people have put down roots would still be jungles teeming with wildlife.