statistics
Police
KILLINGS
FROM 2007 WE HAVE BEEN RECORDING ALL THE LOST VOICES AND HERE IS A BRIEF SUMMARY FOR YOU TO THINK ABOUT
ENFORCED
DISAPPEARANCES
POLICE KILLINGS IN 2023
Missing Voices verified 13 cases of police killings and enforced disappearance in January.
Of these all 13 were cases of police killings while there were no cases of enforced disappearance.
***Data on cases of enforced disappearances may change when the victims are found or confirmed dead
POLICE KILLINGS IN 2022
Missing Voices verified 152 cases of police killings and enforced disappearances between January and December.
Of these, 130 were cases of police killings while 22 were enforced disappearances.
Of the 22, one person was later found alive, 6 were found dead and 15 are still disappeared.2
***Data may change when the victims are found or confirmed dead
POLICE KILLINGS IN 2021
According to our data, 219 People have been killed by the police or disappeared in 2021.
Out of the number, 187 were as a result of police killings and 32 disappeared in police custody.
***Data on cases of enforced disappearances may change when the victims are found or confirmed dead
POLICE KILLINGS IN 2020
According to our data, 168 People have been killed by the police or disappeared in 2020.
Out of this number, 158 were as a result of police killings and 10 disappeared in police custody.
***Data on cases of enforced disappearances may change when the victims are found or confirmed dead
POLICE KILLINGS IN 2019
According to our data, 145 People have been killed by the police or disappeared in 2019.
***Data on cases of enforced disappearances may change when the victims are found or confirmed dead
JUSTICE
Of all cases identified only 28 have court prosecution procedures started against them for these cases
Men are most likely to be killed by the police in most cases accounting for 60% of the murders or enforced disappearances
69% of those were Killed during Anti-crime Operations
Anti Crime Operations
Anti Terror Operations
Political demonstrations
Other
Nairobi county accounts for the most deaths by Police and enforced disappearances
