Police brutality up to by 86 per cent in nine years

A picture was taken on May 16, 2016, in Nairobi shows Kenyan riot police beating an unresponsive fallen protester with wooden sticks until they break and repeatedly kick him several times.[CARL DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images]

Complaints against police officers have been rising since the establishment of the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) in 2011.

According to a document presented by the authority to the Senate Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs yesterday, complaints against the force have increased by 83.4 per cent from 594 in 2012 to 3,583 in 2021.