Oketch said Ipoa currently has 53 court cases against officers accused of misusing power through extrajudicial killings, assault and grievous injury. Civil society groups have become a fulcrum in confronting police excesses by partnering with Ipoa in probing cases and collating and preserving evidence. The societies have established social justice centers, especially in slums. Hussein Khalid, executive director of Haki Africa, told the Star civil society groups have been at the forefront in confronting arbitrary killings of suspected criminals. "At the Coast alone, we have 68 social justice organisations pursuing cases, even minute ones, documenting evidence as we work with Ipoa," he said.

Source: The Star February 25, 2019 03:00 UTC