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We are all to blame for Shakahola horror; let's act now to avoid a repeat

Kenya Red Cross staff offload some of the bodies that were exhumed from shallow graves in Shakahola forest on April 30, 2023. [Victor Ogalle, Standard]

What has happened in Shakahola raises questions of responsibility and culpability. It is not only about the Church, but also about our own behaviour and responsibility as educated people, political leaders and the government.

Arab Christian writer and philosopher Khalil Gibran wrote that the leaf does not fall from the tree without the full knowledge of the tree.

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