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A cleaner wipes a portrait of former Makadara Principal Magistrate Monica Kivuti at Milimani Law Court on June 19, 2024. Monica succumbed to gunshot injuries after a police officer opened fire on her while on duty. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

Magistrate Monica Kivuti's death has affirmed how Kenya's knee-jerk culture is perpetuating our misery.

Kivuti was shot last week in a makeshift courtroom in Makadara, Nairobi, by a police officer, whose wife had been charged with obtaining Sh2.9 million by false pretences.

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