They say the more things change, the more they remain the same.
President William Ruto and Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua promised that if elected, their first task would be to reform the police service.
At every campaign stop, they lampooned the police and at one point Ruto described their boss Hillary Mutyambai as the most incompetent police chief in the world.
The police were at the time on the spot for harassing Kenya Kwanza MPs and supporters after Ruto broke ranks with his boss Uhuru Kenyatta.
Upon swearing-in, Ruto sent Mutyambai and DCI boss George Kinoti packing and disbanded the dreaded DCI Special Service Unit.
Fast forward and it seems only the forest has changed but the monkeys are still the same.
Embakasi MP Babu Owino was arrested on Tuesday night and held for more than 24 hours before being arraigned in court, and when he was finally charged and released on bail, police abducted him as his bail process was underway.
Raila Odinga's bodyguard, spokesperson and former Mungiki leader Maina Njenga were literally kidnapped by the Special Forces for crimes best known to the officers.
The same unit has been captured on camera executing unarmed suspected demonstrators, among them children, in cold blood.
They are now masquerading as journalists to infiltrate and pounce on demonstrators, exposing accredited journalists to risk as protestors could easily turn against them.
Police reforms were after all nothing but hot air.
Quote of the Day: "I try to find hope in struggle and resistance in small places as much as I can."
Danny Glover
The American actor and human rights activist was born on July 22, 1946