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Videos of police officers using excessive force on protesting Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) students on Monday have gone viral, sparking outrage from online users.
In the videos circulated on social media, anti-riot police officers were seen brutalizing students at the Juja-based institution even after the demonstration ended.
In one of the footages, three cops are seen beating up an unarmed student lying on the ground, with two of kicking him on the head.
In a second video, a group of other officers is seen forcefully making their way into an apartment occupied by students where they fired tear gas canisters to smoke them out.
We call upon this bodies @NPSOfficial_KE @DCI_Kenya @IPOA_KE to investigate this clip on how cops man handled a student who was walking home and not protesting #jkuat pic.twitter.com/oJW5mjBEgd
— ALBOH_NYAKWARA 🇰🇪 (@nyakwara_albert) November 11, 2019
A lone policeman, in a third clip, is seen running after students in one of the hostels while firing.
Kenyans online have called on the National Police Service (NPS) as well as Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) to investigate the incidents.
The university’s Senate in a special meeting resolved to shut down the institution indefinitely following student unrest.
In a memo, JKUAT Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Academic Affairs Prof. Robert Kinyua directed all students to clear from the campus by mid-day.
The students took to the streets in protest against alleged insecurity in the area. They accused authorities of failing to protect them and boda boda operators of colluding with criminals to rob unsuspecting students.
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The action and attitudes displayed by this video is , of course,the attitude of Kenya Police top brass. Unless of course they want to confess that they have lost command and control of their charges. Matiang'i and Mutayambi, we are not fools to be hoodwinked by your so called "press Statement" on the brutality displayed. We know that the story has ended and nothing really, will come out of your so called 'investigations".
Terrorism is the cure for impunity.
The Kenya police will never stop attacking young people. They are evil.
Fanya fujo uone. Hawa vijana hawana nithamu wala adabu. Wacha wanyoroshwe kiasi. Mbona wasingempeleka mwenzao kituo cha matibabu?
This explains why Kenya is a Third World Country!
Regardless of what the young dude did; he is human being & someone's kid! A government that does not treat its citizens with fairness and justice is NOT a government; Its WRONG!!!!!!!