There is a lively — indeed, virulent (forgive the pun) — debate about getting life back to a semblance of normality both socially and economically.Besides the virus, the negative repercussions on the mental well being and health of many has been monumental. The economy has gone from being vibrant to close to comatose. Jobs and many gainful opportunities have literally gone down the tubes.CONTAINING PANDEMICPresident Uhuru Kenyatta and team have had to walk the proverbial tightrope between dealing with and containing the medical hit of the pandemic and the macro all-encompassing social and economic hit.The price has been painfully high and the citizens are demoralised and fearful of the future.The run up to Saturday’s speech by the President Kenyatta was full of speculation, complete with eager anticipation. The feeling afterwards was one of resigned disappointment but grudging acceptance.Now let me part company with many and plead with the President to deal with the enemy from within. And I don’t mean the medical virus itself; within our constraints, we have tried on that front.Our nation has a propensity for massive, undiluted hypocrisy. When told there is this and that regulation or curfew or lockdown, many spend hours trying to see how to get round it. That, I think, is one of the more unsavory aspects of human nature.But when several in one of the main pillars of the Executive are complicit in undermining their very own and, worse, putting people’s health at risk, then that is immoral and criminal — more so when they are the supposed guardians of law and order.Let me get closer to my point. We have been inundated with stories and anecdotes of how people have got out of areas and vicinities where are, in theory, locked down and appeared in other parts of the country.ESSENTIAL SERVICESOf course, there is a provision for people who are involved in certain essential services to go in and out of restricted areas or travel during the curfew.But we all have numerous tales and anecdotes of other individuals who have got out of or into the restricted areas or breached curfew by hook or crook. Even the President admitted as such about one of his kin!Worse, they do so by breaking the rules and regulations the rest of us are subjected to, the breach of which means being whipped and locked up in those dungeons we call prison cells.In other words, there is a rule for some and another for the others. The so-called guardians of these rules are largely our very own police. I say this because, as permits and waivers are granted by several of them, while many of these are justified or legitimate, some are not.HARD TIMESNow let me digress a little and share a joke. In these hard times, we are all looking at ways and means to make a little money or, even better, get rich.When I played this game recently, there were some interesting and even ingenious answers. But one person responded, “You all fail.” Incredulously, we asked why and were told that we were not in the National Police Service!What followed was an avid, at times heated, exchange of examples and comparisons of the amounts of money that had been parted with to breach the containment measures, and I must say I was stunned.The Achilles heel in our fight against Covid-19 has been the very people who are paid to enforce it. And that is where President Kenyatta and his government must now point their guns — not just because of the above cases but since it is seen as one of the main avenues of corruption.The police service is in dire need of reform, right from the National Police Service Commission to the officers. NPSC must comprise people of integrity, probity and stature and not political appointees.Random lifestyle audits must be carried out by an independent professional outfit now and the terms of service of police officers improved markedly.Last but not least, if President Kenyatta cleaned up the police service, he would leave one of the most lasting legacies ever