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UK-based rights group calls for purge at top of police over abuses

Police IG Doughlas Kanja. [File, Standard]

A UK-based rights group has called for the immediate suspension of Kenya’s top police commanders over alleged extra-judicial killings, abuse of power and failure to prevent lawlessness.

In a letter to the National Police Service Commission, the Justice and Equity Council (UK Chapter) urged action against Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja, Deputy Inspector General Eliud Lagat and Director of Criminal Investigations Mohamed Amin.

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