To curb rising cultism, State should regulate churches

William Shakespeare wrote: “It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves” and that  “We know what we are, but know not what we may be”. Several weeks back, Paul Magu knew himself as a father, husband and a promising lawyer. He may have been a troubled man at some point, but before going completely overboard, he probably did not think himself capable of homicide or suicide. When media reports emerged he had killed his wife, committed suicide and their children were missing, many people held their breath, hoping the children would turn up safe later. That was not to be as the decomposing bodies of the little angels were discovered in a field in Ruiru, decapitated.

It gives me the creeps trying to mentally re-enact their last moments. I visualise a father coming home, promising the kids a treat which they react to with all the glee a child would master. I see the unquestioning trust a child would have in a parent. I cringe and my heart constricts when I imagine the horror on the little girls face when the man she loved as a father and trusted to the last moment of her life lifts that machete and slits her throat. To say it was horrifying is an understatement. Suppositions have been bandied around, but we will never know the true answers.