IPOA Issues Statement on Two Majengo Killings As Investigations Underway
The Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) announced on Thursday that the Majengo murder investigations are still ongoing.
This follows the involvement of police officers from the Shauri Moyo Police Station in Nairobi on March 4 and 5.
On going riots at pumwani along lamu road,Digo road and all of majengo,after a rogue police shot and killed a young boy of 12yrs yesterday night in majengo @MPyusufhassan @mukuru_cjc @Article43Rights @UhaiWetu @VOCALAfrica_ pic.twitter.com/oiSw44wFNx
— KamukunjiHRDefenders (@haki_iwengao) March 5, 2025
In a statement issued on March 6, IPOA Chairperson Ahmed Issack Hassan stated that the authority has recorded statements and that one postmortem examination is underway, with another still to be completed.
According to IPOA, the first incident took place on March 4 at 8 p.m. near Majengo Social Hall.
The officers were attempting to apprehend a minor suspect, and the escalation drew the attention of other teenagers in the neighborhood.
Video shows how NMG journalists were harassed and assaulted by police while covering Majengo protests pic.twitter.com/rQyWXR7LvO
— NTV Kenya (@ntvkenya) March 5, 2025
Hassan stated that the escalation resulted in the shooting and serious injury of a young man aged between 17 and 20.
He also directed the team to acquire all necessary material in order to establish the circumstances surrounding the incident and how the police dealt with the demonstrators.
“In accordance with Section 6(a) of the IPOA Act, which mandates the Authority to investigate complaints related to disciplinary or criminal offences committed by members of the Service, the Authority’s rapid response and forensic investigations team accompanied by officers specialized in monitoring police conduct during public order management operations responded to the incident,” Hassan stated.
IPOA also urged the public to desist from engaging in any acts of lawlessness and not take the law into their own hands.
Investigations Into the Deaths of Two and Serious Injury to Three Others at Majengo, Shauri Moyo in Nairobi County. #PoliceAccountability ^EM pic.twitter.com/gHHcUMcAaF
— IPOA (@IPOA_KE) March 6, 2025
According to the National Police Service Act and Service standing rules, police officers can use force in certain instances.
This includes using force that is proportional to the goal to be attained, the gravity of the offense, and the resistance of the person against whom it is applied.
According to the statute, police officers should always try to employ nonviolent methods first.
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The statement further noted that any police officer who utilized force should immediately notify his or her superior.
“It shall be a disciplinary offence for a police officer to fail to report in accordance with these regulations,” part of the statement reads.
“A Police officer in uniform shall at all times affix a nametag or identifiable Service number in a clearly visible part of the uniform and following the orders of a superior is no excuse for unlawful use of force.”
The police should immediately report any significant injury or death caused by the use of force to the Independent Police Oversight Authority.
IPOA Issues Statement on Two Majengo Killings As Investigations Underway
