By The EastAfrican More by this AuthorTranslated variously as “watchful guardian” or “all-seeing guardian,” Argus could be a fitting parody of the present-day African state and its security arms. Across Africa and closer home in East Africa today, citizens and political leaders appear to be hostage to an alert and vicious security apparatus that appears to be so good at keeping its masters in power but incapable of keeping citizens safe. Another two dozen were found on the verge of death, after going without food and water for an unknown period. Whatever the case, the two incidents betray a grave abdication of duty by political and security leaders preoccupied with their self-preservation. To free his love, Zeus in the end had to decapitate Argus, the instrument that was holding the tide in his contest with Hera.

Source: Daily Nation April 29, 2023 00:42 UTC