KNCHR Chairperson Kagwiria Mbogori. [Photo/twitter/Robert Alai]
The police are responsible for 24 lives that have been lost across the country since August 8, the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) has said.
According to the Commission’s chairperson Kagwiria Mbogori, 17 deaths have occurred in Nairobi, two each in Siaya, Homa Bay, Migori and one in Kisumu.
The protests began Friday night immediately President Uhuru Kenyatta was declared winner of the presidential election.
Mbogori was addressing the press in Nairobi on Saturday afternoon.
She said the deaths were caused by the use of live bullets by the police who moved in to contain violent protests that erupted soon after the announcement of election results.
“These cases indicate the casualties were felled by bullets and the same has been corroborated by family and community members who have indicated that they were killed during the protests,” she said.
She appealed to Inspector general of Police Joseph Boinnet and acting Interior CS Fred Matiang’i to take immediate action and stop the killings.