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Here is a man roasting to death as crowds cast empty looks. This incident which happened in Mayanja, Bungoma last week is not isolated but part of an alarming trend of lawlessness that had gripped Western Kenya in recent times. The man dying was identified as Wanyama Kingi, said to be a serial thief who met his fate when he allegedly stole a clansman’s cow and tried to sell it at the local market. We don’t condone miscreants but condemn killing people arbitrarily without due process of the law. Over the last two months we have seen men and a woman stoned to death, a man dumped in a pit latrine while in Maragoli, thugs raided girl schools and five market centres in one night. These acts are a shame on society but it doesn’t help when a local legislator urges people not to bother calling police.. More… |
