CS KINDIKI VOWS LEGAL ACTION AGAINST ROG POLICE AMID PROTESTS
Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki issued a stern warning on Tuesday, clearly stating that any police officer or civilian who may involve themselves in abductions of protesters will be arrested and arraigned in court. Kindiki reiterated the government’s commitment to the rule of law through the court process, pledged to protecting the rights of individuals, and offered every bit of assistance to other citizens.
“The government will not watch as fences collapse in the face of the energetic exercise of constitutional rights,” Kindiki remarked, stressing the need for government agencies to explore allegations of non-enforcement as required by law. He pointed out that the issue of abductions and enforced disappearances linked to state security has brought lots of urgency to it, as independent constitutional and statutory bodies exist that are ready to deliver justice.
“Everyone under the jurisdiction of Kenya has the right and guarantee to be free from arbitrary detention, kidnapping, and enforced disappearance,” Kindiki reiterated, with illegal custody also churning up a penalty outside lawful procedure.
Interior CS Samoa warned that the actual punishment will be dealt to those organizing violence during demonstrations and criminal financiers once they are identified and investigations wrapped up.
The KIL report got to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations through a letter from the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) leader as well as the Azimio la Umoja alliance head’s office to inform the police of the disappearance of their nationals during the rallies held in various places within Nairobi, more so those protesting the now-defunct Finance Bill 2024.
Odhiambo Faith, the President of LSK, has called on the office to commence a probe on the claims with immediate effect. In the capital region, former president’s deputies also vouched for investigations into the allegations.
While attending a youth engagement weekend, Ruto spoke of the consequences awaiting any police involved in the matter, insisting that all processes had to follow the rulebook to conclusion. Any other deviation he characterized as a crime to earn legal action.
In closing, that message from the two leaders is a clear reminder by the Kenyan government of their compliance with the Convention against Torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment, as well as reinforcing the commitment to action against any violator of his neighbor’s human rights.
