Police killings must be brought to an end

Any progressive civilisation is first and foremost defined by the rule of law, sanctity of life and security. Security shapes life, business and politics, which in turn defines governance and the way individual members of a society live and interact.

This is why countries have constitutions that capture the basic principals on how citizens will live together in harmony. When the law is brazenly broken, it leaves people disillusioned. Which is why it will take long for the country to recover from the collective horror of the mindless police killings on Lang’ata Road, Nairobi, last week. The gang-like execution of crime suspects brought out the worst in a force that has never earned public sympathy on accountability.