Officer questions identity of police on list to quell unrest

Police Inspector Lina Kogei when she took witness stand to testify at the Kisumu court during the inquest over baby Samantha Pendo's death on June 11, 2018. She was the commander in-charge of police operations at Tumaini Front line with seventeen other officers during the attack. [Denish Ochieng/Standard]

A senior police officer has questioned the identity of some of those sent to maintain order in Nyalenda, Kisumu, in the wake of election violence last year.

Yesterday, Chief Inspector Mohamed Ali told an inquest into the death of baby Samantha Pendo (pictured) that neither he nor police officers working under him carried out any duties in Nyalenda during the period the infant was killed.