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Report: Police killing hawkers

A report by the Independent Medical Legal Unit (Imlu) has revealed that police shootings account for the bulk of injuries inflicted on hawkers and small-scale business operators in Nairobi.

Titled ‘A Cry for Justice: Torture and Ill-Treatment of Hawkers and Small Scale Traders in Nairobi City’, the report says half of the shooting incidents on the traders were done by the police.

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