Kigame seeks private prosecutions against security chiefs over protest deaths

Kigame wants to prosecute the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration, the Inspector General of Police, the Director of Criminal Investigations, and the Director-General of the National Intelligence Service. - Kenya breaking..
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Reuben Kigame, a former presidential aspirant, has filed a petition in Kenya seeking private prosecutions against top security and intelligence officials. The petition alleges their involvement in extrajudicial killings, abductions, and torture of protestors in Kenya.
- Kigame seeks to prosecute the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration, the Inspector General of Police, the Director of Criminal Investigations, and the Director-General of the National Intelligence Service.
- The petition cites over 100 peaceful protestors and bystanders allegedly killed by state agents, primarily the National Police Service, since June 2024.
- The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights reported at least 39 deaths and 361 injuries during the June 2024 protests.
- Through Senior Counsel Gitobu Imanyara, Kigame warns that the matter may be escalated to the International Criminal Court (ICC) if local remedies fail.
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