Judge Stella Mutuku on December 13 held that there was sufficient evidence to prove that the officer killed Martin Koome in a police cell. Several other cases are still lined up in court even as human rights agencies warn that the situation is yet to improve. Director of Criminal Investigations George Kinoti said any officer found culpable in acts of human rights abuses or such killings will be punished. We are cooperating with human rights agencies to deal with existing cases." IPOA, Independent Medico-Legal Unit, Kenyan National Commission on Human Rights, rights agencies such as Muslim for Human Rights (Muhuri), IJM, Police Reforms Working Group, and the Mathare and Dandora Justice Centre have been at the forefront in ending police abuses.

Source: The Star December 23, 2018 06:22 UTC