The Waki commission revealed that a total of 962 people were sprayed with bullets by the police, out of whom 405 died. “It then follows that police shot and killed a large number of people in these two provinces,” the report noted. Rift Valley had 744 deaths of the total deaths recorded during the PEV while Nyanza had 134 deaths. The Waki report found out that while poll violence in the then Western province was not given much attention, areas such as Mumias, Vihiga ,Webuye and Kakamega were affected. “In terms of preparedness for dealing with the post-election violence, the police were simply too far off the mark,” the Waki report concluded.

Source: The Star November 24, 2020 20:03 UTC