Ineffective police force to blame for Kenyans embracing vigilante cops
Families of victims of police extra-judicial killings and civil society members gather on December 8, 2022 outside the Milimani Law Courts in Nairobi, Kenya to show support for the arraignment of a police officer, Ahmed Rashid, infamous for an execution-style street shooting in 2017 of suspected criminals in Nairobi. PHOTO | TONY KARUMBA | AFP
In March 2017, Ahmed Rashid, a Kenyan police officer, shot and killed two unarmed teenagers accused of theft. They had surrendered and were lying on the ground in a Nairobi neighbourhood. Rashid executed them in full view of the public. This was caught on camera.
