Probe Nkaissery, Boinnet over killings - Senator Omar says
Mombasa County Senator Hassan Omar addresses Muslims at Mombasa Sports Club on July 2, 2016. He said it was time a formidable league of professional lawyers was put together for private prosecutions against past and current commanders who bear responsibility for security. PHOTO | KEVIN ODIT | NATION MEDIA GROUP
What you need to know:
- Mr Omar was referring to the recent killing of a man in Malindi over terror suspicions, as well as those of lawyer Willy Kimani, his client and a taxi driver in Nairobi.
Mombasa Senator Hassan Omar has called for the investigation of Inspector-General of Police Joseph Boinnet and Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Nkaissery over failure to stop extrajudicial killings and forced disappearances.
Senator Omar said it was time a formidable league of professional lawyers was put together for private prosecutions against past and current commanders who bear responsibility for security.
“The IG is not in a position to investigate this; therefore, an independent commission must investigate the him, past and current security ministers and all others who presided over the security machinery,” said Mr Omar.
He added: “There has been an issue of command responsibilities. It’s not a question of you pulling a trigger, it’s a question of Nkaissery and Boinnet consistently being unable to stop this action of disappearance.”
Mr Omar was referring to the recent killing of a man in Malindi over terror suspicions, as well as those of lawyer Willy Kimani, his client and a taxi driver in Nairobi.
The legislator spoke at a joint press briefing at the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) offices in Mwembe-Tayari, Mombasa.
In a joint statement with Mvita MP Abdulswamad Shariff Nassir and more than 10 human rights groups, they said it was saddening that the senseless killings had become a common occurrence across the country.
The groups condemned the alleged brutal extrajudicial killings of innocent Kenyans.
