7/16/2025–|Last update: 01:39 (Mecca time)
On Tuesday, Amnesty International criticized the call of Kenyan President William Roto to shoot the demonstrators, and considered it to fuel violence in the country that is witnessing bloody anti -government demonstrations.
Human rights groups reported that at least 38 people died last week, during the fiercest protests since the demonstrations led by the youth against the Kenyan President.
Roto recently said that the demonstrators who participated in violence “should be shot in their legs.”
Commenting on this, the director of Amnesty International in Kenya, Airongo Hutton, said that Roto’s statements are “illegal … it is very dangerous that politicians make instructions to police officers on how to perform their duty during the protests.”
Airongo added that such orders will “escalate the levels of violence” by “expanding confrontations between the police, demonstrators, passers -by, counter -demonstrators, and even criminals and bullying.”
Armed people and violence
Human rights groups warned earlier against the presence of militants during the protests, and indicated reports that some of them were working alongside the police, but the Kenyan police denied these allegations.
International criticism has escalated and the United Nations urged restraint, while a report issued on Tuesday concluded a police reform group – a coalition of popular and national human rights groups, which also includes Amnesty International – that the recent marches “marred by violence practiced by the state, and illegal methods that the police resorted to.”
The report documented “the use of live ammunition against isolation civilians, executions outside the judiciary, disappearances and illegal arrests.”
The report recorded that the evidence indicates “serious allegations of illegal behavior and outside the judiciary killings by individuals suspected of police men,” highlighting that more than 500 civilians and a police officer were injured in the confrontations.
As for a spokesman for the National Police, he considered that these allegations are part of a “false novel”, according to the French Press Agency.
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Interior Minister Kibchamba Morkomin said on Tuesday that the police violations will be investigated during the protests, adding, “There is no law justified for a policeman to commit crimes or kill people.”
Mursomine added that on Friday, a political direction would be issued on the use of force and firearms by the police.
The Ministry of Interior reported that more than 1500 people were arrested during the last two demonstrations, of whom 71 were referred to the anti -terrorism unit.
The protests witnessed widespread looting and sabotage, forcing many companies to close, and employees remained in their homes to avoid violence.
The report of the human rights groups indicated that the protests caused an “economic loss of up to 1.1 billion Kenyan (14 million dollars).”
