In a bid to tame the rampant police brutality Directorate of criminal investigations – DCI boss George Kinoti has urged Kenyans not to shy away from sharing information on extra judicial killings and other forms of crime.
Speaking Thursday during the official opening of the Sisters for Sisters Justice Centre in Mwandoni, Kisauni constituency, Mombasa County, Kinoti urged women in the area to share information with the center which is led by fellow women who are also victims.
Kinoti said he will not hesitate to take action against police officers linked to the killings of youths or their disappearance, which is rampant at the Coast.
He said the DCI will rely on the center to gather evidence on cases of forced disappearance and extra-judicial killings.
On his part, director of public prosecutions – DPP Noordin Haji promised continued support to Community based justice centers.
He said the center in Mwandoni will help make his work easy because it will link up his office with witnesses.
The two were with Supreme Court Judge Njoki Ndung’u and had accompanied British ambassador Nic Hailey to open the Centre.
The center which is founded by affected women and Haki-Africa with aid of the UK government will collect information of such cases and forward it to the DCI and DPP’s office.
Meanwhile, the Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions, Emily Kamau, says the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions has received over 549 corruption and economic crimes cases since 2014.
She said the cases are at various stages of investigation and determination noting that the cases involve senior government officials in ministries and parastatals with a cumulative loss of over 72 Billion shillings in tax payers money.