Our conscience is scarred by massacres

Protestors

Members of the public protest outside Parliament Buildings in Nairobi on June 25, 2024. 

Photo credit: File | Nation Media Group

The BBC documentary 'Blood Parliament' that aired a few days ago reminded us of the murders of unarmed Gen-Z protesters on June 25, 2024.

The word “murder” or “killing” might carry a connotation of a tragic but unintentional action. But, when you have officers shouting commands of “kill, kill!” and a regime that allows stationing of snipers on rooftops, and deployment of army sharp shooters in the streets, then the murders were not unintentional collateral damage in the process of restoring law and order; they were intentional.