The United States of America just few days ago announced cutting of aids and funds to the Kenyan government.
President Donald Trump’s decision was considered as an act meant to cripple President Uhuru Kenyatta’s administration which wholly depends on funds to run. But what was the real reason behind that?
The United States Government has expressed doubts over the effectiveness of the fight against impunity in high ranking levels of its Kenyan counterpart.
A human rights report released on Wednesday by the US State Department reveals that there still exists rampant human rights abuses and that there lacks accountability for criminal acts in the President Uhuru Kenyatta-led government.
It further claimed that the impunity persisted despite the president’s, together with his deputy William Ruto, efforts to end the vice.
Broken down, the human rights abuses carried out at various levels of government in 2018 included unlawful and politically motivated killings, harsh and life-threatening prison conditions, forced disappearances and torture.
The reports also pointed out that the Independent Policing Oversight Authority investigated numerous cases of misconduct whose capacity had only been increasing over time.
“The Kenyan government took only limited and uneven steps to address cases of alleged unlawful killings by security force members,” read the report.