Here’s an excerpt: To the mothers and the fathers, the brothers and the sisters, for the breaking up of families and communities, we say sorry / And for the indignity and degradation thus inflicted on a proud people and a proud culture, we say sorry. If nothing else, the apology is a study in how to say sorry. Our local politicians don’t do too well with apologies, as Nairobi Senator Johnson Sakaja proved recently when he was caught flouting Covid-19 rules. Having the opportunity to apologise for flouting Covid-19 rules is a privilege. Such senseless deaths are what Mr Sakaja and his political peers like Kasipul MP Ong’odo Were, who have no qualms about flouting Covid-19 rules, should be sorry for.

Source: Daily Nation July 24, 2020 20:37 UTC