Why does policing the poor in Kenya end in brutality or death?
Why does policing the poor in Kenya end in brutality or death?
   

The world’s attention amid COVID-19 shifted overnight to police brutality with #ICantBreath hashtag trending for days after the horrific killing of George Floyd. Floyd, a poor man in the US, died after a Minneapolis Police Department officer knelt on his

IPOA STATEMENT:NINE POLICE OFFICERS TO BE CHARGED WITH MURDER
IPOA STATEMENT:NINE POLICE OFFICERS TO BE CHARGED WITH MURDER
   

1. Death of Ms. Mary Chepkorir Kiprotich Following investigations by the Independent Policing Oversight Authority and upon independent review of the case files by the Director of Public Prosecutions, the following officers will be charged with the murder of Ms.

Police officer to face trial 16 months after Carilton Maina’s death
Police officer to face trial 16 months after Carilton Maina’s death
   

By Caroline Mwaura On December 21, 2018, Carilton Maina was trying to get back home after watching a football match. He Loved football; he was an Arsenal fan. But the 23-year-old would never get home that night — Because, as

PRESS STATEMENT; POLICE OFFICER ARRAIGNED IN COURT FOR THE MURDER OF LEEDS UNIVERSITY STUDENT CARILTON MAINA
PRESS STATEMENT; POLICE OFFICER ARRAIGNED IN COURT FOR THE MURDER OF LEEDS UNIVERSITY STUDENT CARILTON MAINA
   

Missing Voices is greatly encouraged by the arrest and arraignment of police officer Emmanuel Abunya for the murder of Leeds University student Carilton Maina in Kibera Laina Saba in December 2018. This is a big milestone in the fight against

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153enforced disappearances
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285Extrajudicial Executions
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438total verified
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1732Unverified Data

Data Source: Missing Voices

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The Missing Voices methodology used set definitions and a standardized criterion, which are rigid to ensure consistency, validity and accuracy in the numbers being reported. The figures are not a true reflection of the extent of extrajudicial executions and enforced disappearances in Kenya. The figure could have been higher but there is no existing official database of police killings or enforced disappearances. These numbers are those which have met the evidentiary threshold set by the methodology.

 
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