IPOA Summons 50 Police Officers & Commanders[LIST]

IPOA Summons 50 Police Officers & Commanders[LIST]

IPOA Summons 50 Police Officers & Commanders over misconduct during the 2023 Azimio protests and the Gen-Z protests of 2024 that left dozens dead and scores injured.

15 of the officers summoned are senior police commanders mostly drawn from the Western region where the Azimio protests led to most deaths in 2023.

The officers are, therefore, required to present themselves before the IPOA detectives between Tuesday and Thursday this week.

“Legal officers from this headquarters will meet with concerned officers at the Regional headquarters on September 16 for briefing prior to appearing at the Authority offices on the respective dates,” read part of a letter signed by Elizabeth Marube on behalf of the Deputy Inspector General.

IPOA had previously written to the Deputy Inspector General of NPS on August 30 saying that the investigations into the suspected misconduct were taking shape and almost coming to a close.

“In the course of its investigations, the Authority has established that several police officers were involved during the said police operations that resulted in deaths and serious injuries among other crimes,” the IPOA wrote in the statement to DIG.

Among the senior police commanders summoned are Bungoma Police Commander Francis Kooli, Kakamega Police Commander Lucy Kananu, Bungoma South police commander Wilson Muraya and his Kakamega Central counterpart, the General Service Unit (GSU) officer in charge of the Kakamega State Lodge and the officer in charge of the Akichelesit Anti-Stock Theft Unit (ASTU).

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