We must unite and defeat efforts to turn Kenya into a republic of fear

Kenyans are a traumatised lot these days. There seems to be a problem everywhere you look. Danger lurks behind every corner. Once upon a time, we only used to read stories of woe from the North Country. But today, laws are broken everywhere. By everyone. All the time.

From the villager and hoi polloi to the high and mighty, the rule of law has become a bad joke. So-called "cattle rustling". Carjackings. Kidnappings. Murder gangland style. Disappearances. Illegal arrests and jailings for "insulting" people in power — "big people". Unexplained deaths — including of top honchos. Yet the Jubilee government seems unable, or unwilling, to end this tyranny of violence. Methinks Kenya has become a republic of fear.