Police Service UNRAVELED
On the foothills of Ngong, which is in Kajiado North sub-county and Kajiado county, Kenya lies a number of government offices that offer services to the community. One of these facilities the Ngong’ Police Station. On that particular day, 16th November, members of the Rotary and Rotaract Clubs of Ngong Hills were gathered outside the administrative headquarters. A quick sweep of the eye revealed men and women of different ages, from different fields of training like law, education, medicine, engineering and so on. The day was sunny, unlike most days when mornings are chilly and dull.
The members were not there to book in a suspect or to bail out a culprit. No, they were there to prove that the police are good people who understand everything that citizens go through and that they also need support and fellowship. This was done through a project that will foster understanding and interaction between the police and the community of Ngong’ which involved tree planting and painting of the whole police station.
Without wasting time, we were directed to the places where holes had been dug and started planting trees as we conversed with Mother Nature. After that, we went back to the front of the police station. The Officer Commanding the Police Station, Mr Mburu, directed us and a team of professional painters whom we had hired to the male and female cells where we started to remove the old paint and replace it with white and cream paint as we talked and laughed. We also interacted with persons who had been jailed at the station as they thanked us for making the place to look brand new.
We did the painting until 2 o’clock when we took a break and headed to Matasia Resort for fellowship and lunch with all who had come, including neighbors and residents. The rest of the painting was to be continued by the professional crew through the following weeks. After the exercise, both the outside and inside looked brand new. The blue, red and yellow came out clearly and shone brightly.
Then came the day of Commissioning when The President of The Rotary Club of Ngong Hills, Mr Martin Miriti, the president of the Rotaract Club of Ngong Hills, Mr Joaquim Jejo Mapacha and the President Elect of RC Ngong Hills Mr John Mwangi, together with other Rotarians and Rotaractors officially commissioned the newly painted Police station to the OCS Mr Mburu and the Traffic Commandant Mrs Sugut as they exchanged pleasantries. A flag of the organization was given to the police as a sign of friendship.
Pictures were taken for documentation purposes and we called it a day. A few weeks later on 20th January, a placard which showed the Rotary Four Way Test was mounted on the wall to rubber stamp the fact that for sure, the police offer services to everybody and are friendly because they had demonstrated what is said by the Four Way test during our time with them.
Article by: Joaquim Jejo Mapacha |President – RAC Ngong’ Hills.
