Slouching towards a Haiti-like state

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A Sunday service at Witima ACK Church in Othaya was abruptly disrupted when tear gas canisters were fired inside the sanctuary during a visit by former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua (inset).

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The attack on a church in Othaya, where former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua was in attendance, fits an alarming pattern. The motivation is achievement of a political or material goal by well-placed people.

Police, armed with tear gas and guns, and increasingly accompanied by goons armed with crude weapons, carry out these attacks.