Finally, genesis of Busia, Bungoma killings unravels

We revisit the night-time terror that saw Bungoma and Busia counties dominate headlines in the past month. Elsewhere in this newspaper, we post findings of our investigative team that spent one week interviewing many of the victims, their relatives, neighbours, security agents, clerics and politicians in the region.

The accounts read like a work of fiction but once the reader steps back a little, the testimonies are very chilling. The United Nations was right to term them crimes against humanity, whose script is being written right before our eyes. And in the interests of justice for those victimised, and in the interest of police officers seeking to redeem their image, as well as a young administration thirsting to stamp its authority and keen to be seen to walk the talk on protecting life, limb and property, government must scramble troopers to its action stations.