Kenyan police say they have been ordered not to report deaths amid demonstrations against the rising cost of living. An independent watchdog says police shot dead at least 6 people on Wednesday. It also says 27 were shot dead in protests in previous weeks.
The death toll in connection with Kenya’s doomsday cult has crossed the 400 mark as detectives exhumed 12 more bodies.from even some of the Kenyans who voted him into office after he vowed to reduce the cost of living in one of Africa’s largest economies.
Data from Kiama’s organization, shared with the AP, shows 27 people confirmed shot dead by police in three previous opposition-called demonstrations this year. In addition, the watchdog has confirmed six shot dead on Wednesday, four of them in the capital, Nairobi. They were trying to confirm four more in various parts of the country. The AP on Wednesday confirmed two deaths in the western city of Kisumu and witnessed at least three people shot and wounded in Nairobi.
Police have accused him of abusing officers and throwing stones, his wife, Wilmer Atieno, told the AP after visiting him in custody.He hadn’t been taking part in the protests, she added. Their 2-year-old daughter was recovering from the tear gas on Thursday and asking about her father.Kenya’s president on Thursday thanked police for “standing firm and ensuring that there is peace.
In comments to diplomats on Thursday, the foreign affairs minister, Alfred Mutua, largely blamed the opposition protesters for Kenya’s unrest. Reporting on killings and torture by police can be sensitive in Kenya, where watchdogs have long warned about a culture of impunity. In the 1990s, police were accused of suppressing critics of repressive President Daniel arap Moi.religious leaders
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