Enlightened people have a duty to care for fellow citizens, leaders

KU Vice-Chancellor Prof Paul Wainaina in tears after he was relieved of his duties. [Esther Jeruto, Standard]

The ongoing controversy pitting Kenyatta University Council and the Government over the acquisition of the institution's land ostensibly to establish a WHO research facility calls for a conception reflection.

The University has fiercely resisted the move by state agents to excise part of its land without observing the due process in effecting the transfers. The Vice-Chancellor, Prof Paul Wainaina, and the University Council, led by Prof Migot Adhola, have since been fired in a move that appears to raise more questions than it answers.