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Mourners escorting the body of slain teacher Albert Ojwang to their home in Homa Bay County, on July 3, 2024. [Michael Mute, Standard]
Albert Camus, a thinker and writer of the 20th century, once said, "in such a world of conflict, a world of victims and executioners, it's the job of thinking people not to be on the side of executioners".
In a country that boasts one of the most progressive constitutions globally, we must pose and ask, who has the right to decide who gets a bullet and who gets a trial? When nobody is guaranteed the right to due process, are we still a democracy?
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