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IPOA condemns mob attack on police officers in Vihiga

Chairperson of the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) Ahmed Issack Hassan during the Missing Voices Annual Report Launch on brutal policing shedding light on Statistics and Trends of Extrajudicial Killings and Enforced Disappearances in Kenya 2024 on May 7, 2025. [Standard, Kanyiri Wahito]

The Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) has condemned an incident where police officers on patrol were violently attacked by residents in Cheptulu, Tiriki East Sub-County, Vihiga County.

The incident occurred along the Muhudu-Shaviringa Road when officers from Shaviringa Police Post encountered individuals suspected of engaging in unlawful activities.

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