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Abductions rise by 450pc as police impunity deepens, reveals report

A man wails as he is abducted by hooded police along Kimathi Street in Nairobi on July 16,2024. The man was standing in the company of others as hooded men pounced on him and bundled him in a police car that arrived during a short scuffle.[FILE]

The government is under fire for failing to arrest and prosecute persons involved in enforced disappearances and killings of young people. It has emerged that of 159 reported cases of police-related extra-judicial killings and disappearances, only two per cent have been taken to court.

Of these, 55 were enforced disappearances, up from just 10 in 2023.

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