Our police culture is beyond costly reforms, disband and start afresh

Protester is arrested along Juja road where residents of Mathare were protesting the high cost of living on July 12, 2023. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

Keeping hope alive in the darkest of times is no easy task, but the presence and witness of old, battle-hardened soldiers at significant moments, brings heart to the weary and inspiration to the young.

How heartening it was to see 87-year-old John Khaminwa and 76-year-old CJ Emeritus Willy Mutunga spend long hours in the cold corridors of Central Police Station, Nairobi last weekend demanding the release of 35 young protesters arrested during the Saba Saba commemorations.