He had also watched the “MPigs” demonstration on TV and had been utterly amazed. Rather they would have been severely beaten and a few of them shot – prior to being arrested. Well, what at that time may have seemed to be a uniquely provocative form of political protest has long since been overtaken by events elsewhere. Those Kenyan demonstrators actually allowed MPs to pass and go into Parliament. Those videos of Donald Trump’s supporters storming the US Capitol – some of them openly carrying crude weapons – shocked the whole world.

Source: The Star March 11, 2021 00:56 UTC