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When a nation loses faith in its justice system, chaos and mob rule fill the void

This man was pulled from a motorbike by a woman Peris Wambui near bypass along Mombas road. Fortunately the other two managed to escape after robbing her shs.50,000 which she was going to buy cement. [FILE/Standard]

Charles Onyango, alias Kwa, was suspected of being behind a series of killings in Gem. On Thursday, a crowd confronted and lynched him in Kisumu. That same day, three suspected motorcycle thieves were beaten to death in Lugari, Kakamega County.

These incidents are the latest in a worrying trend of mob justice, where members of the public take the law into their own hands to punish individuals linked to crime.

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