Nairobi, April 4 -- Protests against the use of drones and complaints of heavy-handedness by police during the UK's coronavirus crisis might seem of little significance to Kenyans who have suffered physical assaults by their curfew-enforcing police.
However, the unprecedented nature of the lockdown and draconian laws governing movement and behaviour have alerted some Britons to the fragility of civilisation's fabric.
On an individual basis, there are daily reports of selfish and outlandish behaviour. The supermarket in a village near me was offering free coffee. When it ran out, one man, arriving late, went berserk and spat at the assistants.
In the same supermarket, a customer brandished a knife when a fight erupted over toilet rolls. T...