Kenyan president and cabinet accuse opposition of plotting a coup d’état as he positions kinsmen in strategic positions in military
In the aftermath of the protests that brought the entire country to a halt, Murkomen gave orders to police to shoot-on-sight anybody they perceive as a threat to “national security.” The order since been criticised by human rights activists and envoys accredited to Nairobi, forcing the minister to backtrack.
Why Kenya police brutality is a colonial relic: Time and time, whenever a native was released by an Indian policeman, they’d always say, ‘Oh, I gave him something’
Kenya’s National Police Service is the direct descendant of the colonial police force, created not to serve or protect the population but to control and exploit it. From inception, the police has been the sharp edge of an extractive and violent state.
Amnesty Kenya: 16 Kenyans shot dead in protests against extrajudicial killings, abductions and police brutality
Large crowds were seen earlier heading in the direction of State House, the president’s official residence, in scenes broadcast by Kenyan channel NTV before it and another broadcaster KTN were pulled off the air after defying an order to stop live broadcasts of the demonstrations.
Chanting opposition slogan ‘one-term’, Kenyan protesters clash with police over President Ruto’s ‘bad governance’
Kenyan youth remain unhappy with the current administration due to corruption, rising cost of living and police brutality, and the recent death of a blogger in custody. The close-range shooting of a civilian during recent protests has exacerbated public anger.
10 protesters shot by police as state orders pause on live broadcast of demonstrations in Kenya
Six people, including three police officers, were charged with murder on Tuesday over the killing of 31-year-old blogger and teacher, Albert Ojwang. All have pleaded not guilty. On Wednesday, a source at Nairobi’s Kenyatta National Hospital told Reuters that the facility had received 11 patients with gunshot injuries.
Protests sweep Kenyan cities as East African nation commemorates young victims of extrajudicial killings
The death of blogger Albert Ojwang has become a lightning rod for Kenyans still mourning the deaths of protesters killed at last year’s demonstrations, blamed on security forces, along with rights groups claims of dozens of unexplained abductions.
Police to be charged with murder of blogger’s death in custody as Kenyan president warns protesters
Albert Ojwang died earlier this month following his arrest as part of an investigation triggered by a complaint by the deputy national police chief, Eliud Lagat.
Anglican Church bishops launch blistering attack on President Ruto for condoning police brutality
Addressing journalists at the ACK New Cathedral Church in Kisumu, Maseno South Diocese Bishop Charles Onginjo, flanked by other ACK bishops from the six counties in the region, demanded that President Ruto act decisively on police brutality to restore public confidence in the security sector.
Trigger-happy Kenyan policemen in court over shooting and seriously injuring a civilian during protests
Blogger Albert Ojwang was arrested on June 6 in western Kenya for what police called publishing “false information” about a top police official on social media. Police attributed his death to him “hitting his head against the cell wall,” but activists have questioned the cause of death.
Hawker presumed dead after he was shot by police is alive and in hospital, activists demand accountability
The 22-year-old Kariuki, a hawker like his father, was holding a packet of face masks and is believed to have been caught up in a confrontation with two officers in Nairobi as hundreds of protesters clashed with police. One officer, who had concealed his face with a mask, shot him in the head as he walked away.
