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BOINETT orders the probe into the killing of University of Leeds student in Kibera – He was killed by a drunk cop

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Published 26 December 2018

DAILY POST: BOINETT orders the probe into the killing of University of Leeds student in Kibera – He was killed by a drunk cop , 03:48 Wednesday December 26, 2018-Inspector General of Police, Joseph Boinett, has ordered for a probe into the killing of University of Leeds student, Carlton Maina.
Mwangi, who was in a holiday in Kenya, was shot while coming out from watching a football match with his friends. He was shot by a drunk cop on December 22nd. In a tweet on Wednesday, Boinett assured the public that action will be taken depending on the outcome of the investigations. “We wish to inform the public that the Inspector General of Police has asked IPOA to expedite investigations into the shooting incident that occurred in Kibera within Nairobi County in which one Carlton Maina was shot and fatally injured,” read the tweet. “We further wish to assure the public that the service, just like in similar instances in the past, will enforce the outcome of the investigations that IPOA will recommend.” The deceased’s love for football earned him a scholarship at the UK College soon after clearing his high school education at the Maseno School in 2013 where he emerged with an A-plain.

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