Plight of albinos should shame us to the core

In an editorial on Friday, this newspaper called on President Kibaki to urgently sign the Counter-Trafficking in Persons Bill 2010 into law, and give legal teeth to efforts at countering the growing trafficking of human beings in the country.

But signing the Bill into law is just the easy part. As anyone who attended the press conference organised by the Albinism Society of Kenya can testify, eliminating the cruelty and prejudice albinos face in our society, and ultimately the rest of East Africa, must start in the heart.