Elm Wekulo, a police officer from Naivasha police post has wowed netizens with his act of kindness towards some school children, after he shared his lunch with them.

In the photo circulating online, a young girl and boy are seen kneeling next to the officer eating the food as he watches them.

When Mtaa Wangu caught up with Wekulo, he says to him, that was just another day in his line of duty.

Luckily, he got to interact with lovely children who made the internet take note of him.

“It was on Thursday July 4, during the anti-government protest. I had left the house at 4 am. Amidst all that was going on at around noon, I decided to get some food. That’s when I got to a food store not far from Manera Primary and ordered Ugali and fish,” he recalls.

He says that while seated by the road side having his meal, a group of children walking along that stretch stared at him briefly and his fatherly instincts kicked in.

Elm Wekulo, a police officer from Naivasha police post.

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Immediately he requested the children to come and share the meal with him.

“At first, the children were hesitant and looked a bit afraid. However, I told them not to worry and then agreed to share the meal with me. Little did I know someone had taken a photo and shared it on social media,” Wekulo notes.

The father of three, says it warmed his heart seeing the children be comfortable enough to share the meal with him.

“I only knew the photo had circulated on the internet when my mother who resides in Kakamega and my siblings called to say, what I did was lovely. Hearing my mum speak words of blessings on me because of what I did warmed my heart,” he says in a jovial tone.

The 33-year-old states that he is a big champion of community policing, adding that a good relationship between the community and police is a gem.

Additionally, he insists that people should see police officers as brothers, husbands, sons and friends and not victimize them all the time.

“I having been serving in Naivasha for four years now and we have embraced policing through football to get to interact with community members and have fun through sports."

Officer Wekulo is an NFL level referee and team manager for the Naivasha Police FC.

Officer Elm Wekulo (centre) is an NFL level referee and team manager for the Naivasha Police FC.

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Through football games, Wekulo says police officers are able to interact with community members.

"However, I believe there is more to be done to improve police - community relations and that starts with you and me,” he concludes.

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From the Facebook post here are some of the comments shared;

Crespo Adams says “May God bless you my guy we go through a lot.”

Mumboys Ngirl commented “Na Mungu akumbuke watoto wake.”

Geomorphology scientist Jacob reacted “May the lord bless the officer. Watoto wake wanawiri maishani.”

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