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Bringing back the cane in schools will be wrong

Pupils of different secondary schools are thoroughly caned by residents of Kipkorgot in Uasin Gishu County. [PHOTOS BY: KEVIN TUNOI]

The rule of law counts on the reign of law above all else.

Yet, law like an unruly horse must be tamed by fixed and predictable limits. This is a moral rule writ large. Governments across time and space have objectives to accomplish with their laws. Consequently, authorities employ the best possible means of attaining their goals. Though, some might inflict inflexible legal sanctions on alleged culprits of such depraved vices.

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