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Deputy Inspector General of Police Gilbert Masengeli takes an oath at Milimani court on September 20, 2024, when he appeared folowing court summons. [Collins Kweyu, Standard]

Some faces were not made for apologies. And no matter what the gigantic ex-convict Gilbert Masengeli, whose features are wide enough to fit two faces, said in court, believing that he was remorseful would take hours of convincing.

Knowing his shortcomings, he let his lawyers do much of the grovelling. They pleaded mercy for a man who could do just fine without it; a man who, a few shades darker, would send conspiracy theorists wild with claims that Idi Amin Dada was still alive.

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