Ordeal with city askaris gives author ‘ideal villain’

Reknown writter Yvonne Owuor in the dock at a city court where it was alleged that she obstructed local authority officers from executing their duties in Lavington area using abusive language and resisting arrest. [George Njunge, Standard]

Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor was struggling to create a villain for her new novel until she encountered the brutality of City County askaris.

The author of Dust describes the seven-hour ordeal that left her nursing wounds as “dehumanising”.