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Kenya: Police Reform Lobby Demands Answers on Abductions and Extra-Judicial Killings

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Nairobi — Human Rights Organisations under the Police Reforms Working Group have decried the increased cases of enforced disappearances and extra-judicial killings in the country, after a youthful resident of Mathare was last week arrested, only for his body to be found at the City Mortuary.

Two of his friends, the right groups said are still missing, with three police officers working in the area being linked to the incidents.

Amnesty International-Kenya Executive Director Irungu Houghton said their efforts to seek help have been futile, saying the alleged killer officers should be arrested and arraigned in court.

“The Police Reforms Working Group (PRWG) has received a number of complaints against the same officer and others such as Ahmed Rashid of Pangani. We are shocked and perturbed that the duty bearers in the Ministry of Interior, the National Police Service and Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) have not taken steps to bring these officers to justice. We suspect that Baraza, Ahmed Rashid, Njoro and the other are serial killers in uniform,” the Amnesty International-Kenya Executive Director said during a press conference.

On his part, Haki Africa Executive Director Hussein Khalid called on President Uhuru Kenyatta, Interior Cabinet Secretary Dr Fred Matiangi and Inspector General of Police Hillary Mutyambai to publicly condemn the vice.

“According to the Missing Voices annual report, police officers killed 157 Kenyans in 2020 and forcefully disappeared 10 Kenyans in their custody. Collins is just one of the many cases of police killings that has continued unabated,” he said, when he read a joint statement.