September 2024
September 30 2024
Nairobi, Kenya
How to reform the police for better service. The independent policing Oversight Authority(IPOA) must be strengthen to ensure IPOA’S effectiveness, the Government must provide resources such as investigators and legal specialist. The leadership of the Authority must be guarded against political meddling, and its recommendations should hold significant influence in Parliament and Judiciary…Reports Daily Nation
September 27 2024
Nairobi, Kenya
Being shot in protests doesn’t mean police did it – Kindiki. The Interior CS explained there is a process that is followed to determine who the owner of the firearm involved in the shooting is.
The CS also noted that the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) already opened investigations into the cases…Reports the Star
Nairobi, Kenya
LSK to continue defending suspects arrested during protests
Branch chairperson Dorcas Oluoch said they would continue to offer bro-pono services to those arrested. Oluoch challenged the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) to stand up for the rights of Kenyans…Reports the Star.
Nairobi, Kenya
Kindiki on extra-judicial killings. “The government does not have a policy on extrajudicial killings, abductions, or enforced disappearances. Any acts that are contrary to the law are investigated by the Independent Police Oversight Authority (IPOA) and the Internal Affairs Unit of the National Police Service (NPS) and appropriate action taken against any security officer found culpable,” Kindiki added. Reports…K24 Digital.
September 26 2024
Nairobi, Kenya
Petition filed challenging Douglas Kanja’s appointment as Police IG. Respondents in the case include the Attorney General, the National Assembly, the Senate, the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA), the National Police Service Commission, the Kenya National Commission for Human Rights (KNCHR) and Kanja….Reports Citizen Digital
Nairobi, Kenya
Human Rights defenders want IPOA to review charges against Kenyans arrested during recent protests.
A group of human rights defenders in Kisumu want the Independent Policing Oversight Authority to review charges leveled against Kenyans arrested during the recent countrywide protests on governance. The activists claim that the police falsified charges against them….Reports KBC
September 24 2024
Nairobi, Kenya
IPOA probing student shooting at Prime Junior School, Rongai. The Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) has launched an investigation into a shooting incident that injured a Grade 6 student at Prime Junior School in Ongata Rongai….Reports Capital news.
Nairobi, Kenya
What IG Kanja must do to reform police, earn Kenyans’ confidence. The season of public violence, abductions by secret squads, non-cooperation with IPOA and human rights organizations and contempt for court orders has polluted the national atmosphere….Reports the standard.
September 23 2024
Nairobi, Kenya
Police brutality: Probe and prosecute culpable officers. The pledge by the Independent Policing oversight Authority to probe brutality against multimedia University students when there is evidence is something the students are sceptical about....reports Daily Nation.
Nairobi, Kenya
IPOA opens probe into fatal shooting of man during tea farmers’ protest.
The Independent Police Oversight Authority (IPOA) has opened investigations into the fatal shooting of a man during Wednesday’s protests by tea farmers at Mogogosiek in Konoin, Bomet…reports the star.
September 20 2024
Nairobi, Kenya
IPOA investigates police brutality at Multimedia University. The Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) has begun investigations into police brutality against a Multimedia University student during protests on Tuesday, September 17…Reports the Standard.
Nairobi, Kenya
Multimedia University student in viral video claims police intended to kill him. Eight students have narrated their ordeal at the hands of law enforcers during the student strike earlier this week to the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA), as investigations continue….Reports Citizen Digital.
Nairobi, Kenya
A look at workload awaiting yet-to-be recruited IPOA board. Recruitment drive for new board members is ongoing after the Anne Makori-led team exited office…Reports the Star.
September 19 2024
Nairobi, Kenya
IPOA Takes Action After Viral Video of Police Harassing MMU Student. The authority has established that police lobbed a tear gas canister in a girls’ hostel which exploded and caused fire – IPOA…reports the Nairobi leo.co.ke
September 18 2024
Nairobi, Kenya
IPOA launches probe into withdrawal of Justice Mugambi’s security detail. The Independent Policing and Oversight Authority (IPOA) has launched investigations into allegations concerning the withdrawal of security personnel attached to High Court Justice Lawrence Mugambi…Reports Citizen news.
Nairobi, Kenya
IPOA probes alleged withdrawal of Justice Mugambi’s security
IPOA says probe will inform recommendations including prosecution where culpability is established….Reports the star.
September 17 2024
IPOA condemns Acting Police IG Masengeli over failure to honor court summons…reports Peoples Daily.
Nairobi, Kenya
Ex-IPOA bosses: Why the agency is on its deathbed. The officials cite budget cuts and lack of technical staff as challenges making it difficult to hold powerful National Police Service accountable…Reports the Star
Nairobi, Kenya
IPOA Summons 50 Police Officers and Commanders Over Gen Z Protests...Reports Kenyans.co.ke.
Nairobi, Kenya
IPOA summons 50 police officers over antigovernmental protests deaths, injuries
The Kenya Police Service headquarters directed the officers to meet their respective legal officers ahead of appearance….Reports the star.
September 13 2024
Nairobi, Kenya
Little to show for in security sector amid abduction claims
IPOA concerns. The Independent Police Oversight Authority (IPOA) has also raised alarm that there could be a specific unit, deployed alongside the ordinary deployment, purposely to commit atrocities...Reports people daily.
Nairobi, Kenya
The return of killer squads, extrajudicial killings and abductions. Police in plain clothes and on top of unmarked vehicle patrol Nairobi’s Kenyatta avenue during the antigovernmental protests on August 08, 2024.
September 12 2024
Nairobi, Kenya
28 Kisumu residents file class suit over police brutality. They are seeking compensation for loss of life, loss of earnings among others…Reports the star.
September 11 2024
Nairobi, Kenya
IPOA forwards four police misconduct files to ODPP
The agency says inadequate cooperation from the police commission has made it difficult to conclude investigations….Reports the Star.
Nairobi, Kenya
KDF deployment during demos was ploy to cover for rogue cops, says IPOA .The organization says emergency and disaster cited by then Defense CS authorizing the posting was not clearly defined…Reports the Star.
September 10 2024
Nairobi, Kenya
IPOA Exposes Police Blunders That Led to Deaths of Gen Z Protesters….reports Kenyans.co.ke
Nairobi, Kenya
Report: Some Police Officers Starved During Anti-Finance Bill Protests…..reports Kahawa Tungu
August 2024
August 30, 2024
Nairobi, Kenya
The Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) resolved a total of 12,732 complaints against police officers over the last six years, an end-of-term report has revealed…..reports Capital News
Nairobi, Kenya
Haitian forces working with police sent from Kenya have launched a joint operation to oust criminal gangs from one of the roughest neighborhoods of Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince where three Haitian policemen were recuperating after being injured in a shootout Tuesday during the joint operation in the impoverished and gang-controlled neighborhood of Bel Air…..Reports the Associated Press
Nairobi, Kenya
President William Ruto has thrown open the doors to leadership in four critical independent bodies, including the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) and urged Kenyans to step forward and apply…Reports Kenyans.co.ke , The Star
Haitian forces working with police sent from Kenya have launched a joint operation to oust criminal gangs from one of the roughest neighborhoods of Haiti’s capital, Prime Minister Garry Conille said Wednesday….Reports the Minnesota Star Tribune