-
Kenya: Police Threaten to Summon Citizen TV Staff Over Investigation Into Illegal Gun Trade
CPJ, 23 April 2021
Kenyan police should cease harassing the Royal Media Services company and its Citizen TV broadcaster, refrain from summoning journalists for questioning, and ensure that members of… Read more »
Kenyan Police Threaten Journalists Over Illegal Gun Trade Exposé
The Committee to Protect Journalists is calling on the police to stop harassing the Royal Media Services company and its Citizen TV broadcaster, to refrain from summoning journalists for questioning, and ensure that members of the press can work without fear. This comes after the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) issued summons against two Royal Media Services editors in connection with the April 18 report aired as "Guns Galore" in English and "Silaha Mtaani" in Kiswahili. A Citizen TV crew carried out a year-long investigation, documenting a network of brokers and police officers who allegedly rented police equipment including guns, uniforms, and handcuffs to criminals. The journalists themselves acquired a pistol, a rifle, uniforms, and handcuffs during the investigation, which they handed over to police, according to Citizen TV.
One of the weapons surrendered to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations by Citizen TV, following an exposé on illegal weapons, as pictured during a press conference by DCI boss George Kinoti on April 20.
InFocus
-
The police are in the spotlight for enforcing a controversial security law to clamp down on political dissent, which is likely to escalate with the release of a report on ... Read more »
-
Two human rights lobby groups representing five victims of alleged police brutality, are suing the government for use of excessive force resulting in one death, perpetrated by ... Read more »
-
There has been a steady rise in killings and disappearances linked to the police over the past decade, with 2019 the most deadly year so far, with 144 alleged cases. Men are ... Read more »
-
The protest, dubbed #ArrestCovid19Thieves, was organised to demand accountability for the use of Covid-19 billions amid reports that funds allocated to deal with the pandemic may ... Read more »
-
Police brutality has reportedly been linked to at least 101 deaths in the first five months of the year. Most crime-related killings were reported in low-income areas such as ... Read more »
