Raila to sue Nairobi police boss over alleged brutality on Azimio protesters
Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya coalition leader Raila Odinga on Tuesday, March 21 said he will institute legal action against Nairobi County Police Commander Adamson Bungei for allowing police brutality during the coalition's demonstrations on Monday, March 20.
Raila said the coalition will sue Bungei in the local and international courts to teach him and others a lesson.
"We are going for individual responsibility and culpability against officers who acted against the constitution. So far, we have a case to file individual charges against Mr. Adamson Bungei, the Nairobi police chief.
"We will press those charges, locally and internationally. We will make Mr. Bungei and his enablers understand that the days when regimes could brutalize and butcher citizens with impunity are long gone," he said.
Raila questions IPOA's 'silence'
Raila further said Azimio decry the silence of the Independent Police Oversight Authority (IPOA) and the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) on the "misuse of the police" by the Kenya Kwanza government.
"The police are clearly the last straw of “Brutal Ruto”. Ruto’s greatest aspiration is to return Kenya to the old dictatorship where he is the unquestioned tyrant controlling everyone’s life.
"While we condemn Ruto’s brutality and ruthlessness, we have come to the conclusion that our police shall never change unless we make them change.
"We, therefore, wish to make Kenyans know that we have put together a team of security and legal experts to examine the conduct and orders given by police commanders to the officers on the streets that led to the brutality meted out yesterday. We shall institute legal action against individual officers who give such orders that led to the mayhem," the Azimio leader stated.
He added: "However, we commend those among the police who showed restraint in their actions and showed respect for the rights of their fellow Kenyans.
"We reiterate to our supporters and all patriotic Kenyans that this struggle is just starting. We are not looking back and we will not be intimidated. No retreat; No surrender."
