Rose Njeri, the hitherto little-known Finance Bill 2025 activist, has been thrust into the national and international limelight by a police service sleepwalking itself into a scandal, totally oblivious to the fact that we are in the 21st century.
The top cops have pig-headedly embraced a damaging scandal that the government of President William Ruto does not need.
If anything, her arrest is further proof, if any was needed, that the government never listens, does not listen and is not inclined to listen.
How else can the police entertain the thought, after the Gen Z revolt and its bloody aftermath, that repression, intimidation and threats can stifle public debate and silence citizens keen to make government accountable?
The police desperately need a root-and-branch overhaul. The power the police recklessly wield is donated by the very public they despise and shoot and kill when and if they desire.
The type of police force we have is unfit for purpose. The police are supposed to serve the people, not citizens to serve and cower at the sight of the police. The police in our country is at war with citizens.
As for the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, the best thing to do is to drop the charges against Njeri.
Quote of the day: “It was not well to drive men into final corners; at those moments they could all develop teeth and claws.”—American novelist Stephen Crane died on June 5, 1900
