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Former Chief Justice David Maraga, among several protesters, during a demonstration along Lang'ata Road, Nairobi. [Edward Kiplimo, Standard]
I was alive when a former Chief Justice of Kenya was arrested for participating in a protest.
Let that sentence sink in. Let it unsettle us.
Not because David Maraga is a former Chief Justice. Not because he once headed one of the three arms of government. Rather, the circumstances surrounding his arrest bring into sharp focus uncomfortable truths about the state of our democracy and our understanding of citizenship.
