This archive report was first published on 18 November 2019.
Kenya: Student Recounts Brutality By Police ¶
Published on November 18, 2019
Mr Allan Omondi, a 22-year-old fourth-year food science and technology student at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, is still shaken by the brutal assault he suffered at the hands of four police officers.
Mr Omondi was attacked on November 11, 2019, after he had gone to the university's main gate to see what was happening. Students were assembling to protest the rising insecurity in and outside the university.
According to Mr Omondi, the police officers later lobbed teargas canisters at the students, leading to a commotion. It was during this chaos that the four police officers isolated and viciously attacked him.
"They never asked anything. I heard them say: "Huyu ni Mungiki student. Ukicheza na sisi tutakuua na tukutupe kwa kichaka' (This is a Mungiki student. You joke with us and we will kill you and dump your body in the bush").
Mr Omondi believes they referred to him as Mungiki due to his dreadlocks.
He was later bundled into a vehicle and driven towards Juja Police Station, where he was further assaulted by the officers.
"They handcuffed me and continued with their assault. I wasn't feeling pain anymore," he said.
Mr Omondi added that he was made to hang precariously in the vehicle as it sped to the station.
Inspector-General of Police Hillary Mutyambai has since said that three of the officers captured in the clip had been identified and interdicted.
