Acting Interior CS Fred Matiang’i and Inspector General of Police Joseph Boinnet in a past event. Mavoko MP Patrick Makau wants them probed over police brutality. (Photo/the Star.co.ke)
Mavoko Member of Parliament (MP) Patrick Makau has asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) to probe acting Interior Cabinet Secretary (CS) Fred Matiang’i and Inspector General of Police Joseph Boinnet for allegedly overseeing police brutality on opposition before, during and after the October 26 repeat presidential election.
The Wiper MP alleges that the police were under instructions from Matiang’i and Boinnet to shoot and kill protesters during NASA protests experienced in Siaya, Migori, Bungoma, Kisumu, Homa Bay and some parts of Machakos during and after the October 26 poll.
Makau claims that Matiang’i and Boinnet allegedly instructions to the police amounts to crime against humanity and that the two must be held responsible for the deaths and destruction of property witnessed during the protests.
“We want the International Criminal Court to move in and investigate Matiang’i and Boinnet over the alleged police we have witnessed in the country before, during and after the repeat poll,” he said as quoted by the People Daily.
The MP also wants President Uhuru Kenyatta to take responsibility for the alleged killings saying that he watched as police allegedly brutalized NASA supporters.
Makau said that NASA will constitute private investigation and prosecution against Matiang’i and Boinnet if the ICC fails to probe them.
Police have been under criticism over use of excessive force, brutality and alleged killing of some NASA supporters in Homa Bay, Kisumu, Migori, Siaya and some parts of Nairobi and Machakos which are allied to the opposition.
Boinnet has however defended the police against claims of brutality maintaining that they (police) used minimal force on protesters.