This archive report was first published on 19 December 2019.
On December 19, 2019, a police officer was shot dead in Korogocho slums, sparking a chain of events that led to the detention of a suspect.
Joseph Kamau Njenga, the suspect, was being interrogated by police officers when a crowd demanded his release, leading to a scuffle in which Police Constable Abdikadir Ali Kula was shot in the abdomen.
According to documents filed in the Makadara Law Courts, PC Francis Iluku obtained an order to detain Njenga for 14 days pending investigations into Kula's murder.
Iluku stated that Njenga was stopped by police officers on foot patrol within Korogocho slums and while he was being interrogated, a group of young men appeared, demanding for his release. Suddenly one of the gang men shot PC Kula on the right side of his ribs.
The police officer's death is shrouded in controversy, with initial reports suggesting that he was stoned to death in the area. However, area residents have refuted this account of events, claiming that the officer succumbed to a gun shot injury inflicted on him by a colleague.
