No Kenyan will go through extra-judicial killings – Ruto

Said extrajudicial killings started off with Muslims being targeted because of al-Shabaab.

In Summary
  • This comes after interior CS said extrajudicial killings that occurred in the country are under active investigation. 
  • Kindiki said the Kenya Kwanza administration has zero tolerance for extrajudicial killings.
President William Ruto during Iftar dinner at KICC
President William Ruto during Iftar dinner at KICC
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President William Ruto has said that no family will lose a loved one through extra-judicial killings.

The President said extrajudicial killings started off with Muslims being targeted because of al-Shabaab.

He said the situation escalated and everyone was affected despite their religious affiliation and bodies started being recovered from Yala.

"I promised to stop the extra-judicial killings, I made a commitment in the campaign trail that no mother, parent, or Kenyan will experience the pain of losing their loved ones by circumstances that cannot be explained by the government," he said.

After he assumed office as the fifth president of Kenya, President Ruto ordered a probe into the extra-judicial killings that allegedly happened in the previous regime.

This saw some detectives grilled over the disappearance and killings of people.

This comes after the interior CS said extrajudicial killings that occurred in the country are under active investigation. 

Kindiki said the Kenya Kwanza administration has zero tolerance for extrajudicial killings.

"The police officers have been informed accordingly that we shall not protect an officer who misuses firearms to kill people other than what the law provides," he said. 

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