In a recent march against police violence, some 200 demonstrators filled the streets, carrying signs reading “Life is Priceless”, “Save our Future” and “Never Again.”
As reports of police killings in the U.S. are circling the globe, Kenyans are echoing their outrage at police violence, including the deaths in the past few months of some 15 people since Kenyan authorities imposed a coronavirus curfew in late March.
His shooting prompted some 200 residents of Mathare, a densely populated settlement in Nairobi, to march in the streets, carrying signs with the names of friends, neighbors and sons killing in police operations in recent years.
Kenya has a long history of police use of excessive force, either in informal settlements or in response to demonstrations, often resulting in unnecessary deaths.
Kenya’s Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) reported last week it had received 87 complaints against police since the dusk-to-dawn curfew and heightened security measures were imposed in March.
