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Our slide into tear-gas nation worrying

Last week, images of Lang'ata Road Primary School pupils being tear-gassed evoked outrage and horror across the nation.

The condemnation that followed was swift, amidst blatant insistence by the area police boss that the police were safeguarding private property. The assertion made people wonder why the police arrived at the scene armed with tear gas, guns and dogs.

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