Typically, Wangechi’s killing in cold blood has unleashed frenzied reactions in the social media. This was not accorded Wangechi’s family, who cruelly learnt about their immense loss through social media. Learning institutions across the board should, therefore, put in place guidelines and fast-response procedures to mitigate the menacing character of social media. That said, nobody deserves to die in the cruel way young women in Kenya are. The young women being killed with alarming frequency are daughters, sisters, mothers and granddaughters and, above all, custodians of life.

Source: Daily Nation April 14, 2019 20:48 UTC