I maintain that there are better ways. Children were taken to hospital because of this. From his numerous run-ins with the police, Boniface Mwangi knows very well what kind of police force we have; these officers are crazy and frustrated enough to harm children and we should be thankful that going to hospital was as far as it went. It was unnecessary. That picture of him with children carrying sticks is appalling and unacceptable. Not to mention he is teaching children disrespect. This is teaching children to grab whatever is grabbed from them and while this may work in some cases, it is not practical for real, everyday, adult life. I accept that the state has disrespected us and that it disrespected the children. But we need to maintain our faculties. The end cannot justify the means in cases such as these.

Kumbe hata huko polisi walikuwa wajinga hivo???

By the second day, Commissioner of Public Safety Bull O’Connor ordered police to spray the children with powerful water hoses, hit them with batons, and threaten them with police dogs

All in all, in my opinion, children are never again to be exposed to our police. NEVER AGAIN. Some time back Boniface Mwangi said he will go for a certain demo with his family, children included, and everyone condemned him. Now the same people are arguing it was okay for these kids to be put at the front line. In this country where children are kidnapped and raped on a daily basis, I would think twice before releasing them to a group of men and women who have come through the gate to demonstrate. 99% could be well meaning, but 1% could be there to chomoka na katoto. Not forgetting the newest danger which none of us ever thought about:THE POLICE. Who tear-gases children? Surely? I still cant believe.

whether we like him or not boniface stood for what is right, and we as kenyans should be here hating him, he is a true patriot unlike some of you in wazua, who hide behind tribes and class.

Genuine question: Some people here like who?

There's something we Kenyans do that I find a little annoying and that I believe is a huge contribution to the nation's issues. It is the whole "Even in America" thing. Birmingham is not Nairobi, and for those trying to compare this to Soweto, it's an entirely different situation and a different context. We need to learn to solve our issues as Kenyans, not blindly do things because Obama or somebody in Birmingham or South Africa did the same thing. Alba, why didn't you go out there and get teargassed and sent to hospital, pray tell?

There is a difference between "fight back" and "use/tell/incite children to 'fight back' [in this Boniface Mwangi sense]".

@kyt: It is more than possible to disagree with someone without hating him/her.

Uhuru was absent. Ruto absent. Kidero absent. Sonko absent. Shebesh absent. Ngilu absent. Swazuri absent. ....these kids were on their own... the officials have only come out after the success of the kids...this wasnt an ordinary matter...