Kenya's police's dalliance with brutality, impunity stands out among global peers

 Protesters clash with security forces during a demonstration in Nairobi, Kenya, on June 17, 2025, following the death of blogger Albert Ojwang while in police custody. [AFP]

The chilling footage of a lone, unarmed man flattened helplessly against the wall, desperately fending off two gun-wielding security officers who are throwing quick jabs at him, and then jumping off to escape them only to be hit by a round from close-range, which sends him sprawling onto the ground, bloodied, is probably the most trending video on Kenya’s social media space today.  

Ironically, Boniface  Kariuki was shot during a protest against police brutality on the back of the gruesome murder of Albert Ojwang, a teacher and blogger who was clobbered to death while in custody.