Four Witnesses Allegedly Killed by Kenyan Police!

By TOM ODULA
Associated Press

   NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Six men were dead. On that, Kenyan police and a watchdog could agree. Then the narratives diverged, and sharply.

   Police posted on Twitter that the six men had robbed a motorbike taxi driver and raped his passenger. Human rights activists quickly put together a different account from witnesses: Two of the dead were robbery suspects. The others apparently were killed by police for witnessing officers kill the two men.

   As frustration in Kenya grows over alleged police abuses, the public has begun fighting back. They have formed the Dandora Social Justice Center and others to investigate what they say the government doesn't.

   In low-income neighborhoods of the capital, Nairobi, police killings are common. Many cases have gone unreported with families suffering in silence, rights activists say. Rarely are perpetrators held accountable.

   Police officers have been implicated in numerous reports by international rights groups and even Kenya's government-backed rights commission. A database kept by the local Nation newspaper says police killed 180 people in Kenya in the first nine months of 2018, the majority in Dandora.

   Police counter the allegations of illegal killings by saying the rights groups are embellishing their reports to attract more donor funding.

   The rise of social justice centers in Kenya in recent months has had an immediate impact.

   The six deaths in October documented by the Dandora Social Justice Center were among 28 alleged killings by police documented over a month's time in Nairobi's low-income neighborhoods of Dandora, Mathare, Kayole and Githuria.

   One of the witnesses killed was a 17-year-old boy who climbed a tree to hide from officers but was pulled down and shot dead, said Beth Mukami with the social justice center.

   The center's account of the police killings was given to the Independent Police Oversight Authority, a civilian oversight group with the mandate of investigating police abuses. The authority says it received 288 complaints in 2018 of deaths and serious injuries allegedly committed by members of Kenya's National Police Service.

   The social justice groups have become a critical partner, said Dennis Oketch, spokesman for the authority. The groups work quickly on the ground, flagging cases when the crime scene is still fresh and witnesses are still available, he said. The groups also hold the authority accountable by following up on cases, he added.

   Wilfred Olal, who co-founded the idea of social justice groups, said the idea started about two years ago during discussions in a civil society group known as the People's Parliament.

   "The communities come together, do research on matters affecting the community, especially on human rights and social justice," Olal said. Most justice centers receive on average five cases a day.

   Other issues addressed in the 10 Nairobi slums that now have social justice centers include gender-based violence, pollution and political accountability.

   Currently most resources for the centers come from the community, Olal said.

   "We don't want to rely on donors so much. We are modelling justice centers to be business-savvy so that it gives them independence," he said. The centers have received some support from rights groups Amnesty International and the International Justice Mission.

   The community-based groups are the best placed to rapidly respond to rights violations and train local youth in leadership, said Irungu Houghton, Amnesty's country director.

   "The centers operate in very poor and marginalized neighborhoods," he said. "Bruised by neglect and violence, the centers' biggest challenge is building confidence and trust with the community that they can deliver results." Every time a young person is wrongly killed, "this trust is broken."

   People had had no safe place to go to report alleged police abuses, said Mukami with Dandora Social Justice, whose husband disappeared almost a decade ago in a police crackdown on a quasi-religious gang known as the Mungiki.

   Mukami says she suffered greatly as a single parent, not knowing whether her husband was alive or dead. The new social justice centers offer counseling to families of people who say they have suffered police-related trauma.

   One of the greatest challenges the new centers face is protecting their volunteers, Olal said.

   Currently one group member is in hiding after receiving threats from a police officer who was shown in a viral video shooting an armed suspect until bullets in his gun are finished, then taking a colleague's gun and shooting until it's empty too.

   The activist went into hiding after allegedly documenting how the officer pulled another suspect he had shot from a hospital bed, with the suspect found dead days later.

   Despite the challenges, the new centers have become community focal points for residents' complaints, Mukami said.

   "It shows us that people do not have trust in government and have nowhere to turn to," she said.

Tamko la Jeshi la Polisi Kuhusu Sakata la Sheikh Ponda

TAMKO LA JESHI LA POLISI TANZANIA KUHUSU 

SAKATA LA SHEKHE PONDA

1. MNAMO TAREHE 10, AGOSTI ,2013 MAJIRA YA SAA 8 MCHANA, MAENEO YA SHULE YA MSINGI KIWANJA CHA NDEGE MANISPAA YA MOROGORO, KULIFANYIKA KONGAMANO LA BARAZA LA EID LILILOANDALIWA NA UMOJA WA WAHADHILI MKOANI MOROGORO. DAKIKA KUMI KABLA YA KONGAMANO HILO KUMALIZIKA ALIFIKA SHEKHE PONDA ISSA PONDA AMBAYE ALIZUNGUMZA KWA MUDA MFUPI.

2. KONGAMANO HILO LILIFUNGWA MAJIRA YA SAA 12:05 JIONI AMBAPO WATU WALIANZA KUTAWANYIKA, BAADHI YAO WAKIWA WAMEZINGIRA GARI DOGO ALILOKUWA AMEPANDA SHEKHE PONDA. BAADA YA KUTOKA KATIKA ENEO HILO, ASKARI WA JESHI LA POLISI WALIZUIA GARI HILO KWA MBELE KWA NIA YA KUTAKA KUMKAMATA SHEKHE PONDA AMBAYE MPAKA SASA ANATUHUMIWA KWA KOSA LA KUTOA MANENO YA UCHOCHEZI SEHEMU MBALIMBALI HAPA NCHINI YENYE MLENGO WA KUSABABISHA UVUNJIVU WA AMANI.

3. BAAADA YA ASKARI KUTAKA KUMKAMATA, WAFUASI WAKE WALIZUIA UKAMATAJI HUO KWA KUWARUSHIA MAWE ASKARI. KUFUATIA PURUKUSHANI HIYO, ASKARI WALIPIGA RISASI HEWANI KAMA ONYO LA KUWATAWANYA.

4. KATIKA VURUGU HIZO, WAFUASI HAO WALIFANIKIWA KUMTOROSHA MTUHUMIWA. HIVI SASA IMETHIBITIKA KUWA SHEKHE PONDA YUKO KATIKA HOSPITALI YA TAIFA YA MUHIMBILI AKITIBIWA JERAHA KATIKA BEGA LA MKONO WA KULIA LINALODAIWA ALILIPATA KATIKA PURUKUSHANI HIZO.

5. KUFUATIA TUKIO HILO, TIMU INAYOSHIRIKISHA WAJUMBE KUTOKA JUKWAA LA HAKI JINAI IKIONGOZWA NA KAMISHINA WA JESHI LA POLISI CP ISSAYA MNGULU IMEANZA KUFANYA UCHUNGUZI WA TUKIO HILO.

6. AIDHA, JESHI LA POLISI LINATOA WITO KWA WANANCHI KUWA WATULIVU WAKATI SUALA HILI LINASHUGHULIKIWA KISHE

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Polisi Kilosa Wakamatwa na Fuvu la Binadamu - Waliitumia kudai Rushwa

Kutoka Gazeti la Mtanzania!

Mei 10, 2013


JESHI la Polisi mkoani Morogoro limeingia kwenye kashfa nzito baada ya askari wake watatu na raia wanne kukamatwa wakiwa na kichwa cha binadamu. Tukio hilo lilitokea Mei 7 mwaka huu katika eneo la Mgudeni- Dumila wilayani Kilosa.

Inaelezwa kuwa polisi hao kwa kushirikiana na raia hao walikwenda nyumbani kwa mfanyabiashara Samson Mura na kutaka kumbambikizia kesi ya mauaji.

Mbali ya kubambikizia kesi hiyo, polisi hao wanadaiwa kuomba wapewe Sh milioni 25 na mfanyabiashara huyo ili wasimpeleke kituoni.

Wakizungumza na MTANZANIA jana, baadhi ya wananchi walisema wameshangazwa na askari hao ambao wawili ni wa Kituo cha Polisi Dumila na mmoja wa Kituo cha Polisi Mvomero.

Walisema siku ya tukio, polisi hao walifuatana na raia mmoja ambaye jina lake limehifadhiwa kwa ajili ya masuala ya usalama.

Mwenyekiti wa Mtaa wa Mgudeni,Zaituni Kifutu alisema walishangazwa na tukio hilo.

“Tumeshangazwa mno na askari hawa… sijui walichukulia wapi mafunzo yao? Kama walibaini kuwapo tukio hili kwa nini hawakutaka kulifikisha kituoni?

“Inasikitisha mno, eti wao kwa kushirikiana na mfanyabiashara wanakwenda kudai kwa mwanakijiji mwenzetu wapewe Sh milioni 25… haiingi akilini hata kidogo wakamate mhalifu halafu washirikiane kwenda kuomba fedha.

“Tunaona na mazingira ambayo askari na raia huyo ambao walifika kwenye nyumba ya mfanyabiashara huyo, Samson Mura na kumtuhumu kukutwa na kichwa hicho si mazuri ni ya kutaka kumbambikizia kesi tu. Yaani inasikitisha jeshi kujaa uozo kiasi hiki,”alisema Kifutu.

Naye Musa Magisu alisema polisi hao walifika kwenye nyumba ya Mura na kufanya upekuzi ambao hata hivyo hawakuambulia kitu.

“Pamoja na kupekua kwa nguvu kubwa, hawakukuta kitu. Sisi tunamfahamu Mura ana silaha yake ambayo anamiliki kisheria,”alisema.

Alisema baada ya polisi hao kutoka nje ya nyumba walikwenda moja kwa moja kwenye gari lililokuwa limeegeshwa nje ya nyumba.

“Baada ya kufika kwenye gari, yule raia na wale polisi waliona kuna mfuko wa rambo chini na ghafla wakaanza kuuliza eti mfuko huu una nini na walipofungua wakakuta kuna kichwa cha binadamu.

“Yaani baada ya kukuta kichwa kile, walimuamuru mfanyabiashara yule atoe Sh milioni 25 lakini alikataa katakata akidai hajawahi kufanya tukio la aina hiyo,”alisema.

Alisema mpaka sasa hawajui kwa nini polisi ambao ni walinzi wa raia na mali zao, wamegeuka watu wa kumbambikizia kesi wananchi wasio na hatia.

Ofisa Upelelezi Msaidizi wa Makosa ya Jinai Mkoa wa Morogoro, Asifiwe Ulime alikiri kutokea tukio hilo na kusema mpaka sasa polisi hao wanashikiliwa kwa mahojiano zaidi.

Alisema hata yeye mwenyewe, alifika eneo la tukio na kushuhudia fuvu.

“Tunawashikilia polisi watatu na mwananchi mmoja kwa mahojiano ili watoe maelelezo ya kina juu ya tukio hili,”alisema.

Kutokana na hali hiyo, Ulime amewaomba wananchi wa Dumila kuwa watulivu wakati uchunguzi unaendelea.

Polisi Msumbiji waambiwa "PUNGUZENI VITAMBI!"

Leo kuna habari kuwa polisi huko Msumbiji wameamuriwa wapunguze vitambi kwa vile wanashindwa kutekeleza kazi yao. Habari inasema hao wenye vitambi wanashindwa kukimbiza wahalifu hivyo inabidi wavipunguze. Wanasema vitambi hivyo vinasababishwa na pombe na sigara.

Serikali ya Msumbiji imetoa amri kuwa lazima polisi wote wafanya mazoezi ili wawe 'fiti'!

Jamani, sasa wakileta amri kama huo Bongo si itakuwa kasheshe. Maana nakumbuka kuona mapolisi wengi kweli na vitambi.

Kusoma habari zaidi nenda:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7408199.stm

Polisi Enzi za Tanganyika

6th February 1963: The Tanganyika Police Guard of Honour line up beneath Mount Kilimanjaro, during the Afro-Asian Solidarity Conference in Moshi, in modern Tanzania. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Ukatili wa Polisi Florida!

Deputy Charlette Marshall-Jones (mugshot)

Huko Tampa Florida, polisi wa kike, deputy Charlette Marshall-Jones, 44, alimwaga chini mwanaume aisyejiweza na anayetumia wheelchair.

Huyo Marshall-Jones alimwambia Brian Sterner (32), asimame ingawa alimwona yuko kwenye wheelchair. Sterner alimwambia kuwa hawawezi kusimama ndipo huyo katili Charelette Marshall-Jones, alimwaga chini! Alitenda maovu yaka January 28, 2008 lakini jana ndo waandishi wa habari walizipata na kusambaza habari. Wakuu wa polisi eti hawakuwa na jabari mpaka walipoambiwa na waandishi wa habari!

Sterner ni Quadraplegic. Alipata ajali miaka 14 iliyopita akiwa anacheza wrestling na kuumia shingo. Hawezi kutumia viungo vyake chini ya kifua ndo maana anatumia wheelchair. Hatua ya kishenzi ya huyo mama zingeweza kumwua mgonjwa kama huyo. WaBongo waliopitia home health aide wanajua jinsi ya kuwageuza na kushugilia wagonjwa kama huyo. Ajabu ukiona hiyo video polisi wengine wanacheka!

Kisa cha Sterner kupelekwa Polisi - alikuwa anatuma gari maalum kwa ajili ya maquaraplegic, ilmgomea barabarani. Alikuwa anashitakiwa kwa kuzuia magari kupita.

Kwa sasa watu wanaoiona hiyo video wamechukia mno! Wanataka hatua kali zichukuliwe dhidi ya huyo polisi mshenzi, msimamizi wake na polisi wengine waliokuwepo huyo mama alivyofanya ushenzi wake! Habari zinasema polisi wanne wamesimamishwa kazi kuhusiana na tukio huo. Huyo mama anastahili afukuzwe kazi na afunguliwe mashitaka!

Yaani nchi hii inaoza mpaka watu wanakosa huruma!

Kuna Video ya tukio bofya hapa:

Kwa habari kamili ya tukio soma:

http://www.sptimes.com/2008/02/13/Hillsborough/Treatment_of_disabled.shtml

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/02/13/national/main3824544.shtml

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/02/12/florida-police-dump-quadr_n_86290.html