Residents of Mukurweini, Nyeri, are calling for justice over what they term as extrajudicial killing of a 30-year-old mason.
The residents on Sunday held a protest march, waving twigs and chanting anti-police slogans, after the deceased, King’ori Kanyi was found dead with bullet wounds in the family’s coffee plantation.
Residents tried to block police from retrieving the body, demanding to be addressed by area police boss Beatrice Kimoning.
The locals later stormed the Mukurweini Sub-county Hospital mortuary and removed the body, before medics calmed them down.
They then marched to the Mukurweini police station demanding the arrest of three police officers.
Sibling Maina Kanyi said three armed police officers came to their home on Saturday night and demanded to see his brother.
He said the officers broke into King’ori’s house and took him away.
“After a few minutes, we heard gunshots in our coffee plantation,” Maina said.
King’ori was shot in the back less than 2km from the police station.
Joseph Macharia said one of the officers “told me to my face that they will kill my son for being tough-headed”.
The Star
TRENDING THIS WEEK
- Land grabbing, historical injustices to blame for Lamu attacks
- Acronyms and abbreviations gone bad
- 18 arrested for circulating hate leaflets ahead of Saba Saba
- Barely a month old, the hyped Machakos tarmac road has started developing potholes
- Threat leaflets in Lamu demand evacuation of non-indeginous settlers
- Uhuru's decrees on land are total hogwash and mere political gimmicks
- Blogger Robert Alai commended for his informative tweets
- Ole Lenku fires warning shot at Raila over rallies
- High court stops issuance of police appointment letters in recent exercise
- Conservation efforts for the Mau are all welcome
JOIN GROUP KENYA
www.doitadigital.com