Onjalazbroz- Testing the Foundation of Knowledge

The baton strikes cracking protestors' skulls in Nairobi's streets today carry echoes from a darker past—the rhythmic thuds of colonial askaris beating African laborers in 1920s Thika, the gunfire that cut down Mau Mau fighters in Aberdare forests, the sickening crunch of steel against bone when a police Land Rover crushed George Morara's car in 1969. Kenya's police brutality is not an aberration but a tradition, meticulously preserved across generations of political change. What began as a colonial instrument of subjugation has evolved into the ruling elite's most reliable weapon for subjugation, its violence never dissipating.   The origins of this systemic brutality trace back to the very formation of the colonial police force—an institution designed not to serve but to dominate. Before European occupation, African communities maintained order through social systems of elders' councils, age-set accountability, and communal justice. The British replaced these ...