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It is considered an elite police unit where only a chosen few are allowed to serve. Many are ready to oil the palms of their bosses to join the unit, writes AMOS KAREITHI The Traffic Police Department has been in existence since 1954. But the 57-year-old department established by the colonial government in Nairobi has developed into a countrywide network of bases, manned by what regular police officers and the public refer to as ‘elites’.
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