High Court restrains police officers from covering faces when dealing with protestors
The court also directed all uniformed officers of the National Police Service (NPS) or those working under NPS to have a nametag and affix their service numbers in a clearly visible part of their uniform during any operations.
The High Court has ordered the Inspector General of Police to ensure that plainclothes officers do not cover their faces while arresting, restraining or dealing in any way with the protesters.
Justice Bahati Mwamuye also orders the police to ensure that all uniformed officers of the National Police Service (NPS) or those working under NPS have a nametag and affix their service numbers in a clearly visible part of their uniform during any operations.
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The Law Society of Kenya had on July 31, 2024, petitioned the high court to issue the orders to stop police excesses including abductions of individuals suspected to be organising the youth-led protests across the country.
Mwamuye said that police should ensure that they don't remove or obscure such identifying details at any time in any way while engaging with, providing security for or in any way dealing with any people assembling, planning or picketing.
"A conservatory order is hereby issued requiring the (IG) to ensure that where plain clothes or non-uniformed police officers are deployed or utilised in any manner in regards to persons planning on assembling demonstrating, picketing or petitioning and they shall not remove or obscure the same," states Mwamuye in the order.
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