The Star Newspaper Writer, Oliver Mathenge Thoroughly Rebuked For Taking Issue With Demonstrating Langata Pupils

With almost everyone taking shots on imbecile police officers who fired tear gas canisters to demonstrating Langata Road Primary School pupils, Oliver Mathenge has shifted his attention to the “victims”.

The indiscriminate action by the police caused emotions to run high in the country with nearly everybody cursing them.

As much as it is hard to comprehend how a person with a sober mind can unleash such kind of brutality to vulnerable children, Oliver Mathenge questions the children’s role in the demonstration.

Oliver took to his Facebook page to ask whether it was morally right to give children the placards that they carried during the demonstration.

“Meanwhile, despite our anger at the police, we also need to decide whether it was morally okay to give children the placards.” Wrote Oliver.

That begs the question; were the children justified to demonstrate at the first place? Below are some comments posted after Oliver’s sentiment:

Aquillinah Wanjala Oliver:….. i think pple used the kids as baits…..the kids shudnt have been there in the first place…..parents n teachers shud hav been there….dragging them was wrong of the parents n teachers we hav bcome a striking n demonstrating nation

Josh Chokz: Was it morally right to grab the children’s play ground? Where was their chief protector; the govt???

Ibrahim Mwalagho: Shouldn’t children protest against injustices? Sorry I asked as if sycophants can think

Pauline Kay Muindi: Why not? Don’t kids have freedom of speech and right to hold peaceful demonstration?

Edgar Brian Omwango: Yes. It IS morally Okay to teach children to speak out against land grabbing.

Ruthmolaque Waruguru Waweru: The big issue here is land being grabbed and the tear gas….otherwise every1 and any1 has the right 2 hold a protest.

Joseph Murimi: You can’t defend the police on this. Just how dangerous was kids with placards?

Clouds Jimi Arap: when i was submitting my papers to campus, there had been a water shortage in the area and the students had been away on strike…so when at the offices somebody said that they were waiting for the students to be back and coz they would go on rampage, the water menace would be sorted… tafakari hayo.

Alphonce Otieno: was it moraly okay for police to use teargas?

Abiya Ochola: What was wrong with the placards?

Kimani Mumbi: Placards are not guns, or weapons

Mike Jow: Was it morally right to give victims the placard ? ????