Treat all extrajudicial killing cases seriously

A consortium of organisations pushing for the ending of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings, said at least 107 Kenyans were killed by police in 2019 alone. In 2021, there were 219 police killings and enforced disappearances. [iStockphoto]

Police have done what many people would not have fathomed only weeks ago. Only days after the president directed that the Special Service Unit within the Directorate of Criminal Investigations - accused of being behind the disappearance of two Indians and a Kenyan on July 23 - be disbanded, detectives appear to be making headway in their investigations into the killing of the trio.

They have not only arrested some suspects but also claim to have recovered crucial pieces of evidence in a matter of days.