He is the most dreaded
cop in Kenya Nairobi
Many know him only by the
name “Masai” (although he is not even a Masai but is in fact a Kisii).
Older Kenyans compare him
to the legendary Patrick Shaw because he does exactly what the late Shaw used
to do. That is he identifies violent budding thugs early and usually warns them
off strongly advising them to leave town ASAP (as soon as possible) and go back
to their rural homes and completely forget about life in the city. He even goes
as far as asking how much the bus or matatu fare is and gives it in cash, so
that there are no excuses later. He
tells these thugs bluntly that if they do not comply they will almost certainly
die, many young thugs have taken his warnings lightly and paid with their lives
because he has no mercy when he catches them committing crimes.
Most policemen move
around in pairs. Even undercover cops have a partner lurking around somewhere s
their extra “security” However Masai usually moves around alone totally alone.
It probably helps that he is amaster of disguise. at times you will see him in
overalls and be toally convinced that he is some Jua Kali car mechanic. At
other times he will be begging for cash at some seed corner in town. Still at
other times it is easy to mistake him for a thug. It is said that he changes
his disguise so frequently that there are very few people indeed who know
exactly what he looks like.
But whenever there is a
shoot out between thugs and the police you will know that Masai was involved
when the body count of dead thugs is high. He hardly misses when he shoots and
it hardly matters what kind of gun he is using. He is a deadly crack shot both
with a revolver and AK 47 or any other automatic weapon.
On several occasions he
has had many year misses which Nairobians are beginning to now question.
At one time in Uthiru in
an area where even heavily armed policemen fear to tread. On another occasion some dangers thugs laid
an ambush for him and suddenly came out of hiding and surrounded him. All they
had to do was to gun Masai down. Instead it si said that they lost their never
and fled in all directions just at the sight of him.
In yet another bizzzare
incident yet another ambush was aldi for him deep in the notorious Dandora
Estate. But in unexplained circumstances just before the ambush point, Masai
who was driving slowed down his car and allowed another vehicle to overtake
him. Seconds later thugs opened fire on the car that had just overtaken him
killing the driver instantly and riddling his car full of bullet holes.
Some superstitious
Nairobians are now convinced that Masai is very well “Protected” by witchcraft
powers which makes it impossible for thugs to shoot him. Some of his colleagues
are also equally puzzled because in this day and age when most armed plain
clothes policemen wear bullet proof vests, Masai refuses to come anywhere near
one, let alone put it on. What gives him so much confidence when every thug in
town would wish to execute him to make life in crime easier for all criminals?
Is it just luck and skill that has gotten him out of every imaginable tight
corner without a scratch? Or is there more to this cop then meets the eye?
Masai has been involved
in several fierce shutouts where he has
single handedly gunned down entire guns without having to call for any back up.
His admirers say that he has never requested back up in his entire career in
the police force despite being in many tight and dangerous situations where he has always managed to
emerge from unscathed and victorious yet again.
Sources say that Masai is
currently based somewhere close to the sprawling Kibera slums.
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