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The bible or the bullet; Kawangware man face brutal police

With a Bible and carrying his daughter, Francis Wafula confronts an officer after his wife was beaten. This is the picture that went viral in social media. [File, Standard]

Samuel Baraka is only two years old, but he vividly recalls an encounter with the police inside their single-roomed house in Kawangware 56 area. You don’t know him, but you probably know his father Francis Wafula.

Mr Wafula came into the limelight after a photo of him carrying a baby on one side, and a Bible on the other, confronting a police officer went viral on social media. Although many days have passed, he is still engulfed in pain.

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