The police should use COVID-19 pandemic as a chance to change for the better

Africans are not alarmed by the news of rogue elements within our Law Enforcement Agencies that have so far contributed to dozens of avoidable deaths in the name of enforcing stringent measures meant to nib the spread of COVID-19 at its ferocious bud. As of the end of last weekend, Nigerian Police had clobbered, shot, or tortured 18 fellow countrymen compared to just a dozen that were attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Here in Kenya, the situation is no different. Despite nationwide condemnation and assurances from various quarters within the government, citizens have had to bury loved ones killed in the name of enforcing government directives.