One of the untold stories about my friend @nickopiyo is how he slaved in silence with a multi stakeholder Police reform process in which he was a consultant. Totally independently when we got together I was also volunteering for a prison reform process (thread) 
Years later after the proposals of this reform process were largely abandoned ( a lot of it focused on accountability and human rights focused policing) I was told of how a former head of police would hiss and puff at his volume of the recommendations.
I think one can be judged not by how many scores you have to settle with with your detractors but how many folks have to settle with you. Nicholas never gave up on the police reform dream, calming meeting and speaking with individual officers
Invariably many of the clients of Chapter Four encounter the police and each story differs but no matter the occasion- Nicholas would look at each as a chance to ask any officer, no matter the rank to change while pursuing the legal rights of the aggrieved.
My volunteering separately on the prisons reform eventually boiled down to action that Chapter Four took to secure presidential pardons for prisoners on lengthy remand. This process was completely stymied and politicized for years.
There was a small positive turn with the pardon of prisoners recently but the large scale pardons we were encouraging @KagutaMuseveni to undertake because these non-conviction detentions constitute harm on the presumption of innocence are yet to occur.
As a man Nicholas, not just discussed principles and values - he took them to his work and disciplined each challenge with patience, learning and steadfastness. I am thinking of him as he spends time in jail for his convictions but I know he will grow with this latest challenge.
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