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Kenya's riot police must change tact in dealing with demos

There is something nauseating about the manner in which police sent to disperse demonstrators do their thing. First, they come prepared to break a riot when in most instances, there isn't a riot going on in the first place

The norm usually is that a political gathering or protest is declared unlawful. The officers lob teargas into a marching crowd and then a rearguard charges into the crowd, smashing anything and everything in their way.

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