A family in Ainamoi, Kericho County, is seeking justice after their kin was beaten by Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) and General Service Unit (GSU) officers for stealing a chicken.
According to the family, the son identified as Kiplagat was arrested in March 2024 for allegedly stealing a chicken, upon investigations, he was found innocent and released.
However, the family has alleged that the KDF officer known to them and in collaboration with another GSU officer ganged up on the man and beat him up over the case where he had been found innocent. "He was found on 22 December night by officers of the government who reigned on him and gave him severe beatings.
On 23 December, I found him sleeping and asked him what the problem was, and he revealed that he had been beaten by a GSU and KDF officer," one of his family members detailed.
