Independent Policing Oversight Authority(IPOA) has confirmed that investigations are ongoing in the Majengo murder incidents involving police officers from Shauri Moyo Police Station in Nairobi which happened on March 4 and March 5.
In a statement released on March 6, IPOA Chairperson Ahmed Issack Hassan revealed that the authority has recorded statements and one postmortem examination is being carried out, another one is yet to be done.
According to IPOA, the first incident which occurred on March 4, at 8 pm near Majengo Social Hall, where the officers were attempting to arrest a young suspect and the escalation attracted other youths in the area.
Hassan said that the escalation resulted in the shooting and serious injury of a young man, believed to be between 17 and 20 years old.
“In accordance with Section 6(a) of the IPOA Act, which mandates the Authority to investigate complaints related to disciplinary or criminal offences committed by members of the Service, the Authority’s rapid response and forensic investigations team accompanied by officers specialized in monitoring police conduct during public order management operations responded to the incident,” Hassan stated.
He further asked the public to refrain from any acts of lawlessness and not to take the law into their own hands.
Hassan noted that according to National Police Service Act and Service standing orders, there are conditions under which police can use force.
According to the act, the police officer should always attempt to use non-violent means first.
“It shall be a disciplinary offence for a police officer to fail to report in accordance with these regulations. A Police officer in uniform shall at all times affix a nametag or identifiable Service number in a clearly visible part of the uniform and following the orders of a superior is no excuse for unlawful use of force,” part of the statement reads.
The police should report immediately any serious injury incase of any use of force that leads to death, to the Independent Police Oversight Authority
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