Azimio wants ICC to probe Koome over 'targeted' killing of protesters

Police officers block protestors from barricading Juja Road during the Azimio's high cost of living demonstrations in Nairobi on March 30, 2023. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

The Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya Coalition Party wants the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate Inspector General of Police Japhet Koome over the alleged killing of protesters.

In a letter to the ICC dated yesterday, Azimio accuses Koome of ordering attacks on opposition protesters and journalists, among the nine crimes Azimio wants The Hague-based court to investigate.