Episode 61: Stop Killing Us
7th July in Kenya is Saba Saba Day, a historic day on which Kenyans protested successfully for multiparty democracy in 1990, with many losing their lives and getting beaten and tortured by the police. This year, there was the Saba Saba March for Our Lives, organized by the Social Justice Centres Working Group, which consists groups from Mathare, Dandora, Kayole, Mukuru, Kibra, Kamukunji and Githurai. The demand? An end to extrajudicial killings, investigations into the ones that have occurred, and most importantly, justice. We’re joined by Wangui Kimari, Urban Anthropologist and Participatory Action Research Coordinator, Mathare Social Justice Centre, to discuss this. Press play!
Resources
“Kill Those Criminals”: Security Forces Violations in Kenya’s August 2017 Elections
What Do We Tell The Families? Killings And Disappearances In The Coastal Region Of Kenya, 2012-2016
IMLU Extra Judicial Executions Report 2017
IMLU Extra Judicial Executions Report 2016
Kenya National Commission on Human Rights: Human Rights Baseline Survey Report
Police killed 803 Kenyans in cold blood from 2013 to 2015
Cops caught on camera killing suspected Eastleigh gang members
NATIONAL INSECURITY: Extra Judicial Executions in Kenya (2013-2017)
Episode 33: Extrajudicial Killings