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Meaningful dialogue must start with justice for police brutality victims

Protestors making their way to parliament in Nairobi during the demonstrations against the Finance Bill 2024 in Nairobi on June 25, 2024. [Denis Kibuchi, Standard]

It did not have to take needless killings of young Kenyans for reason to prevail. On this matter alone, President William Ruto failed the people he leads.

Indeed, extending an olive branch does not amount to an atonement, but it is a positive step towards healing a nation badly battered by poor governance.

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