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How trigger-happy police officers conceal evidence that incriminates them

Police keep vigil during Saba Saba protests in Kitengela, on July 7, 2025. [Collins Oduor, Standard]

The anti-government protests of 2024 and 2025 have seen a disturbing pattern where protesters are killed with reckless abandon and evidence vanished or doctored to tell a different story.

In several clips shared online, police officers are recorded aiming directly ahead of them, as they stalk protesters they soon shoot.

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