Police Killings in Kenya Point to Systemic Rot and a Failed Justice System TC_Africa: Kenya
Since 2005, I have researched police violence and extrajudicial killings in Kenya, especially in Nairobi, Mombasa and Kwale. I work closely with grassroots organisations.over decades, some social justice activists I have spoken to recently are asking"why now?".
Police killings are systemic in Kenya and have been since the late 1990s. So the disbandment does not seem to be prompted by a quest for justice. Instead, it seems more likely spurred by a wish to replace influential officers from the previous regime with new and trusted ones. This is a tactic Kenya has seen before.stoked by the media, or the victim is well-known or well-connected.
That might explain why justice was won for lawyer Willie Kimani, his client and their driver following their abduction and execution by
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