Who is behind the hired gangs terrorising protesters in Nairobi CBD?

So, who was behind the organized gangs? 

'Service to all' is the long-time slogan of the National Police Service (NPS), which appeared to donate some of its service roles to unidentified gangs on the streets of Nairobi.

Like comrades-at-arms, police officers served side-by-side with goons armed with jembe, sticks and other crude weapons.

The gangs appeared empowered and emboldened, taking frontline positions in confronting protestors, right under the apparent patronage of law enforcement officers.

It worked like a perfect embedding of two formations serving a common goal - to stop any protests in Nairobi. 

The armed arrangement comes just days after Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja hinted at some action to keep protestors off the streets of the city

“This country must be a country under the rule of law. Let them not try again—they’ll find me in town!” Sakaja stated previously.

The police and hired goons' collaboration marks a disturbing turning point in the country's management of public order.

The lines between the law and laws of the jungle were blurred as goons assumed police roles, under the supervision of the police.

The disturbing police-thug alliance was last documented during past protests in Kakamega, Kericho, and Uasin Gishu, where apparently hired civilians turned up with new jembe sticks to fight anti-government protestors.

Today's show marks a dangerous descent for the rule of law, as no one is likely to be held responsible for the brazen act of policing by hired goons.