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Reform the service rather than hide rotten apples in the police

Police officers march during a past Madaraka Day celebration. [Caleb Kingwara, Standard]

Prime Cabinet and Foreign Affairs Secretary Musalia Mudavadi dismissed the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights concerns with police brutality in Addis this week.

While African leadership is sorely needed today, this and other incidents require us to ask, are we ready to do the work needed to provide policing leadership globally?

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