The Law Society of Kenya wants Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja jailed for six months for defying court orders on police identification and stopping peaceful protests.
The LSK, in its application filed before the High Court, also targets former Nairobi Regional Commander Adamson Bungei, Mombasa County Commander Peter Kimani, and the Mombasa sub-County Commander Maxwell Agoro, claiming that police officers in civilian clothes who have masked their faces are still arresting persons. "There lies a common denominator in the abductions.
In all the documented scenarios in which these abductions have happened, the use of civilian clothes by police officers who use unmarked vehicles and fail to identify themselves has featured prominently.
Such action in effect adjourn the Bill of Rights, the National Police Service Standing Orders and all the orders granted by the High Court in the three various Petitions," argued LSK lawyer, Marc Chirchir.
