Police dismiss Haki Africa report on killings and disappearances

The National Police Service through the Office of the Inspector General had rejected the report by Haki Africa linking them to extra judicial killings and forced disappearances of persons in the Coast region.
Through a statement signed by the Police Spokesperson George Kinoti, the police said the allegations were based on unfounded distortions of the real facts.
the statement read in part.
The report accused the police of killing or ‘forcibly disappearing’ at least 81 Muslims living along the country’s coastline.
 
The report entitled “What Do We Tell the Families?,” Haki Africa said that the figure could be much higher, but that some families refused to come forward due to fear of repercussions.
Of the 81 cases recorded since 2012, 22 , four occurred while the victims were in police custody, 31 were allegedly extra-judicial executions, and 24 were thought to be enforced disappearances.
According to the NGO’s executive director, Hussein Khalid, most of the victims were youths, although they also included people over the age of 50, such as sheikhs and imams.
said Khalid in the report.