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IPOA: Police killed 65 civilians in latest protests, injured 342

Activists and friends protest outside City Mortuary, Mbagathi way- Ngong road round-about demanding justice following Albert Ojwang's death in police custody. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

Sixty-five people were killed during recent demonstrations as police used "disproportionate force", according to the state-funded policing watchdog.

In a report released yesterday, the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) said police failed to notify it about most of the fatal shootings.

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