Drunk cop shoots, fatally injures man after verbal altercation in Uasin Gishu
A drunk police officer on Monday, September 27 shot and fatally injured a youth only identified as Newton in Ngurunga area, Kapsoya Estate in Uasin Gishu County. The incident which attracted condemnation from members of the public has also caught the attention of the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA). It all started when the drunk […]
Application to have bodies of Embu brothers exhumed certified as urgent
The High Court in Nairobi has certified as extremely urgent an application by the six police officers held for the murder of two Embu brothers seeking to exhume their bodies to conduct an autopsy. Justice Anthony Mrima has ordered lawyer Danstan Omari to serve the pleadings within two days days and mention the case on […]
IPOA launches investigations into killing of Kayole man by police
The Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) has launched investigations into the killing of a bodaboda rider who allegedly met his death after an altercation with police. Through a statement issued by the oversight authority on Friday, August 20, IPOA said it seeks to establish whether the 38-year-old man succumbed to injuries allegedly caused by police […]
Policeman who shot and killed a Form Four student jailed for 20 years
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On Wednesday, March 4, 2020, six years after the shooting, Corporal Edward Wanyonyi Makokha was found guilty of killing Ibrahim Hassan Shid.