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Kenya: Court Orders All Police Officers At Protests to Wear Uniforms and Not Conceal Their Faces

Kenya: Court Orders All Police Officers At Protests to Wear Uniforms and Not Conceal Their Faces

Nairobi — The High Court has ordered that police officers deployed during demonstrations must always be in uniform and should not conceal their faces.

The ruling follows a case filed by the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) where it sued an officer aleged to be behind the the death of Rex Masai.

The body was seeking that the court stops the Inspector General of Police from deploying officers in civilian clothes to quell protests.

It contended that all instances of murder and police brutality are…

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