How we secretly deployed uncover monitors during protests; IPOA Commissioner
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IPOA Commissioner details how the policing agency deployed undercover monitors during anti-government protests
IPOA Commissioner details how the policing agency deployed undercover monitors during anti-government protests.
The Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) Commissioner John Waiganjo revealed that the agency deployed monitors to observe the conduct of the police during the anti-Finance Bill demonstrations.
Speaking during an interview, the commissioner revealed that undercover agents were deployed and tasked with collecting evidence on excessive use of force.
He detailed that the undercover monitors used to disguise themselves amongst protesters and take videos of any alarming incidents.
Further, after the protests, the monitors were required to file their findings to a team of investigators and lawyers appointed the Authority.
“We are still monitoring the protests. We have the detectives who are usually with the protesters and they take evidence during the engagement with the police.
“Those who go with the protesters are called monitors. Once they collect the information on the ground they bring it to the case intake committee which analyses it. Our lawyers also get involved,” the commissioner stated.
According to the Commissioner, IPOA was almost completing its initial investigations against officers who were captured using excessive force.
He added that the authority was currently analysing the evidence before various files are forwarded to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Renson Ingonga. The files will be submitted to the DPP from next week.
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So far, IPOA is investigating 39 deaths and 170 injuries recorded during the demonstrations which occurred in the last two weeks.
“We also asked for the roster for the officers who were deployed so that we could establish what was used.
“We have also taken forensic and ballistic evidence. They are currently being analyzed for us to establish the guns that were used,” he stated.
Additionally, Waiganjo asserted that the Authority would also be investigating senior officers who might have ordered their officers to use excessive force.
He explained that the move was aimed at establishing if the officers were directed to operate outside the provisions of the law.
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