The appalling discovery of dead bodies dumped at a rubbish heap in Nairobi has sent shock waves in every corner of the nation.
The macabre findings come in the wake of 41 Gen Z protestors killed by the police for simply exercising their right to picket.
The bodies, predominantly women, have been chopped to pieces and stuffed in gunny bags.
It is hard to believe criminals murdered eight young women without anyone noticing or families raising the alarm.
The bodies seem to have been killed days before the discovery as the degree of decomposition mean identification will be a challenge.
The police announced they are pursuing a number of leads, including ritual killings and organ harvesting gangs.
It beggars belief that the bodies were dumped near a police station. And as night follows day, senior police officers have lost no time in transferring police officers from the station. Standard knee-jerk reaction.
The police must get to the bottom of this heinous crime.
It is also instructive that at the start of his administration, President William Ruto announced that extrajudicial killings would be a thing of the past and that any officer who takes the law into their hands by perpetrating any atrocity, under the guise of maintaining law and order, will be held responsible as an individual.
Quote of the day: "Only during hard times do people come to understand how difficult it is to be master of their feelings and thoughts."
Anton Chekhov
The Russian playwright and short-story writer died on July 15, 1904
