Chiefs play a key role in ensuring law and order, but this is not a licence for them to practise their own crude justice. The chief may have been enraged at the business of brewing and selling illicit liquor that is rampant in the area. Allowing this one man to be judge, jury and executioner would be a travesty of justice. We welcome Law Society of Kenya President Nelson Havi’s assurance that a case will be filed against the chief over the incident he has described as “black colonialism”. It is, indeed, reminiscent of the excesses and violations of Africans’ rights that were rampant during those bad old days.

Source: Daily Nation April 16, 2020 19:07 UTC