Court declares IPOA sole authority on extrajudicial killings, disappearances

The court also declined to refer all cases of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings by the government to the ICC stating that Kenya is not a failed state. [File, Standard]

The High Court has ruled that all cases of enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, and serious injuries inflicted on civilians during police operations or while in custody must be investigated solely by the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA).

Justice Lawrence Mugambi has ordered that no agent or unit within the National Police Service, including the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and the Internal Affairs Unit (IAU has the legal authority to handle such investigations.