Frosty ties between police and Olenguruone residents
THE STANDARD RIFT VALLEY Rossy Lang’at (center), the mother of Emmanuel Kipkoech, 17, a Form two student at Sugutek Secondary School being consoled after her son was shot on the right hip by a police officer while dispersing protestors at Mlango trading centre. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard] Over the years, Kiptagich and Olenguruone police stations, which are barely 15km apart, have been hitting the headlines for all the wrong reasons. Several times police officers at the stations who are supposed to be enforcers of the law have found themselves under sharp civilian criticism for breaking the s...