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Horror and trail of deaths at hands of Kenya police

Anne Njeri Mukuru kwa Reuben want justice to prevail after her son William Mathenda was killed by police officers in Nairobi. Wednesday, May 4, 2016. PHOTO: JONAH ONYANGO/STANDARD]

Patrick Munyua was shot dead on February 18, 2010. Police then said he was in a gang of five that shot at officers on patrol.

Kwekwe Mwandaza, 13, was killed at dawn in her Kwale home in August 2014 during a raid by eight policemen. Police claimed the girl, a Class Six pupil, had attacked the armed officers with a panga.

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