It is 3pm in Mathare, a sprawling informal settlement at the heart of Kenya’s capital, Nairobi. He fared well enough in his primary school exams, scoring 340 marks out of 500. “It is a crime to be a young man in Mathare. There is an average of two cases of police killings in the slum per week, according to the Mathare Social Justice Centre. “Why would an officer pump bullets in a 15-year-old on his knees, pleading to be spared?

Source: The Star July 29, 2020 01:52 UTC