A Police officer gives orders to members of the public at Pangani Police Station in Nairobi. PHOTO | EVANS HABILNairobi City residents have in the past few weeks been complaining about increased cases of police harassment. Last week, residents of Eastleigh, Shauri Moyo, Umoja, and Donholm took to social media to complain about arbitrary arrests by police officers operating in those areas. Officers from Kamukunji, Pangani and Shauri Moyo police stations and officers operating within Eastleigh were the most affected. On the matter of profiling he denied the allegations made by various sections of Nairobi residents to the effect that the police go out looking for people with specific characteristics or foreigners.

Source: Daily Nation January 16, 2017 11:18 UTC