(PHOTO CREDITS: Courtesy Facebook: St Johns Ambulance Kenya)
Why do Kenyan police mostly respond with brutality to many situations they are faced with? The images from Likoni in Mombasa County, of police beating citizens in line to board the ferry two hours before the 7PM -5AM curfew are a major disappointment.
At the time of writing videos of officers bragging about how they were in control and “would show the public who’s the boss” could be viewed in comparison to visibly agitated Kibra residents, in Nairobi County, threatening violent exchanges with police in violation of the curfew.
The new measures have been put in place to boost self-isolation, quarantine and other containment measures to help break the chain of infections from Covid-19 as the country heads towards the critical period.
