Sticks, stones and broken bones in first curfew night

Police officers beating defiant residents at Nakuru KFA roundabout while enforcing the night curfew due to coronavirus pandemic in on March 27, 2020. (Kipsang Joseph, Standard)

Kenya's first night of a nationwide curfew to curb the spread of coronavirus has exposed the high-handedness of the law enforcement agencies.

The 10-hour dusk to dawn curfew has brought out the worst of police officers eager to unleash their brutality on the public.