Stop abductions and extra judicial killings

NAIROBI: The relevance of the International Day of the Disappeared, marked every August 30 cannot be gainsaid. On this day, attention is drawn to the excesses of the police, mainly, in abductions and killing of individuals under unclear circumstances.

There is no shortage of people who disappeared on Kenyan streets and in towns over the years, and while public outcry should have elicited government response and slowed down the rate at which ordinary Kenyans are arrested by police never to be seen again, the practice continues with an impunity unique to Kenya. Judging by the number of alleged police killings, human life is no longer sacrosanct.