This are the most recent cases of extrajudicial killings being investigated by the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (Ipoa).
On the evening of October 15, Mr Stephen Weru, a boda-boda rider, and his passenger only identified as Wambua were stopped by a police officer at EMCO Mowlem. The officer told them: “Chagueni kwenye mnataka kukufia (Choose where you wish to die).”
This is according to a report filed at the Dandora Justice Centre. It was a troubling statement that got them to cry out for their dear life. They were immediately asked to lie down and the officer shot them at close range.
Another incident is where police officers shot a man then later followed him to hospital where he was receiving treatment, forcefully took him away before his lifeless body was found at City Mortuary
According to the authority, Mr Evans Odhiambo, a mechanic, was on his way from work when he encountered police officers who were pursuing robbers in Mathare, Nairobi.
The officers shot him but locals rushed him to Mathare Health Centre where he was admitted.
However, according to Ipoa, the officers later stormed into the health centre and forcefully took Mr Odhiambo to an unknown destination. His body was later found at City Mortuary with multiple gun shot wounds.
The late Juma was taken from a health centre nursing bullet wounds by police officers and was later found dead with several bullet wounds. He was a boda boda rider, and Letf his wife 5 months pregnant. Kenyans, our police force is absolutely effed up!@IPOA_KE @MathareSJustice pic.twitter.com/Udxj5SM712
— Juliet wanjira (@wanjirunjira) January 12, 2019
The recent killing of a Leeds University student in Kibera is also a case at its final stages before prosecution takes place.
In a statement, Ipoa differed with an initial statement by the police that the student identified as Mr Carilton David Maina was among a group of thugs who were mugging locals.
According to Ipoa, Mr Maina was from watching a football match when they had a confrontation with two officers before he was shot dead.
“In the confrontation, Mr Maina was allegedly shot and killed by police,” the report said.
Just like Mr Maina, Mr Fredrick Omondi, who was heading home from Rongo town, was allegedly accosted, assaulted and fatally shot when he tried to flee from two police officers.
Another incident that Ipoa said was on its final stages of investigation is the shooting of Mr Bahati Juma in Malindi.
Mr Juma was riding his motorcycle carrying two sacks of charcoal when he noticed two vehicles following him closely.
When he allowed the two vehicles to overtake him, one of the cars stopped and two officers alighted.
“One of the officers allegedly shot him twice, hitting him once in the left shoulder,” Ipoa said in the report.
On October 21, Mr Clinton Shahenza received a call about his brother, Viscount Lumasai, from their mutual friend.
The friend told him that Lumasai had been arrested by police and that he should rush to the Dandora Phase 3-41 stage and check on him.
On arrival he was told his brother had been arrested by an officer only identified as ‘Masha’ and shot as he tried to run away.
On Sunday, October 28, a brief moment of silence fell over the ACK St Monica’s Dandora church as congregants stopped to listen as a hail of gunfire rent the air.
The echoes were coming from the dumpsite not far from the church. That morning Alex Githuku Macharia, a scrap metal dealer aged 34, had been going about his usual business when he found himself in the company of Davis Tekei, 21, and Fredrick Ochieng, 22, a mechanic.
They were soon joined by Vincent Madu Oduor, 29, a matatu tout who had been dropped off to have lunch in a nearby kiosk. Oduor passed by to see Macharia, who also used to sell bhang.
Unfortunately, they were joined by a fifth person, Jacob Chege Kaberia, 24, who was on the police watchlist. When the police in plain clothes shot Kaberia, they also shot the other four.
One day in July, Alfred Kwasi Isaah, a 28-year-old boda-boda operator, was told by police that he was wanted for theft.
Then on October 26, he was walking along Lamu Road when people in a Subaru Outback grabbed him and forced him into their vehicle.
Word of the events reached his family that same evening. “We looked for him to no avail. We had even left our contact at City Mortuary in case the body was brought there,” a family member said.
Then on October 28, someone from the mortuary called to say some bodies had been taken there.
When family went to confirm whether his body was among them, they found he had four bullet wounds. “It is almost obvious around here that when you are taken by a vehicle like that then the police are involved,” Mr Said Kamau, a volunteer at the Kamukunji Justice Centre, said.
The following day, October 29, Timothy Wanjala, 27, a broker said to have been dealing in stolen items, including phones, had gone to eat at Burma. As he was exiting the market he was sprayed with bullets.
“We know the killer cop of this area; he’s known by the name Benben but we do not have his real name. There’s another one who goes by the name Bling,” Mr Kamau said.
On the same day, Evans Peter Oduor, a 24-year-old barber, was sleeping in a shack next to his barbershop in Mathare North.
It was minutes to 5am. He was startled out of his slumber to find police standing over him. They immediately started beating him up.
Mama Kui, a neighbour, said: “He begged the police to stop beating him and take him to the station. When the witnesses became too loud, the police loaded him into the boot of their car — a white Probox — and left with him.” That was the last day he was seen alive.
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