Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Nkaissery has defended the National Police Service against extra-judicial killings allegations highlighted by a section of the media.
Addressing journalists today (Tuesday) at Harambee House in Nairobi, Nkaissery said there is no policy for the extra-judicial killings in the police department.
“That’s no policy, whatsoever within the National Police Service to engage in the extra-judicial killing. Kenya is a country that is governed by law and the police are no exception,” the CS said.
“A few rascals do not justify contamination of the entire institution. The National Police Service has on its own taken disciplinary action against indiscipline officers,” he added.
Nkaissery further pointed out that the figures given by local newspaper showing a number of people killed in the past eight months are not factual.
“Media reports also acknowledge that the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) had received 5784 complaints out of which 4454, equivalent of 77 per cent were found to be baseless,” he said.
There have been rampant cases of police killings in the recent, with Nairobi's Kibera having a spate of killings targeting youth on crime allegations.