Kenya: Waiguru Urges Accountability Amid Police Brutality Concerns

Kirinyaga — Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru has called on leaders and law enforcement officers to exercise tolerance and professionalism, in particular when coping with critics and contributors of the public.

Referring to the recent dying of blogger Albert Ojwang whereas in police custody and the taking pictures of a veil vendor Boniface Kariuki in Nairobi, Waiguru stated there may be never always any justification for taking a life–even underneath provocation.

“As leaders, we are insulted from morning to evening. But we don’t send people to arrest those who criticize us, because leadership demands a higher level of tolerance,” she stated.

“If you have no tolerance, if you cannot control yourself, you do not qualify to be a leader. No leader in their right mind can support the abduction or killing of our youth. I do not support it,” Waiguru stated.

She made the remarks at Kamiigua Grounds in Kutus all by the distribution of native climate alternate mitigation objects.

Waiguru condemned what she termed as being concerned tendencies in law enforcement, stating, “It is extremely unfortunate that in a democratic republic, people can be picked from their homes, taken to a police cell, and killed.”

“I stand with those calling for accountability. Action must be taken–not just claimed–but seen and believed by the people of Kenya,” she added.

The governor smartly-known that video footage showed no provocation, insisting that even verbal insults attain now not elaborate the employ of lethal drive.

“If we say that anger justifies action, where will this country end up? There are many people with guns–police officers, reservists, private gun holders. If we say they must be spoken to with utmost respect or risk death, can we really accept that?” she posed.

Governor Waiguru emphasized that law enforcement officers can own to be held to the identical requirements of accountability because the fashioned public.

“Police are trained to withstand provocation. If one lacks the mental endurance to handle public pressure, they should not be entrusted with a firearm,” she asserted.

She concluded by urging every the public and police to uphold the law–insisting that whereas protests must remain calm and non-damaging, officers must admire constitutional rights, at the side of the stunning to wood, and refrain from the usage of rude drive.