Clergy condemns killings in Anti-IEBC demos.

  A section of clergy in Kisumu during a past press conference.The Nyanza Council of Church leaders have condemned the killings of people during the anti-IEBC demonstrations in parts of Nyanza and the country-File Photo.

By Dickson Odhiambo.

October 17, 2017.

Clergy condemns killings in Anti-IEBC demos.

 A section of clergy in Nyanza has strongly condemned the killings of people during the anti-IEBC demonstrations in parts of Nyanza and the country.

Under banner of the Nyanza Council of Church Leaders, the Clergy led by their Chairman Archbishop Dr. Washington Ogonyo Ngede say that it is not right for the anti-riot police to kill peaceful demonstrators.

In a signed press statement by three official of the Council Dr. Ngede,Reverend  Joab Othatcher secretary General and Vice Chair Archbishop Julius Otieno Oloo, the clergy has termed the act by the police as barbaric and uncalled for.

“As the Clergy in Nyanza under the Nyanza Council of Church Leaders we condemn in the strongest term possible the act of extra judicial killing by the anti riots police in some parts of Nyanza including Kisumu where a young school boy aged 18 who is a KCSE Candidate at Vihiga Boys High school was yesterday shot dead by the police in Kondele area and police allegedly removed the bullet from his body and chased away the crowd who wanted to offer help,”they say.

 They also condemn the act of police where they reportedly shot on the shoulder a two year old girl in Nyamasaria area on Monday.

“Recently, three people were killed in Bondo town by the police last Friday and a 73 year old woman was also shot and injured in Migori County. We therefore say that such acts should stop forthwith,” they add.

The clergy say police should arrest those breaking the law during the peaceful demonstrations and take such suspects to the court instead of killing them.

“If demonstrators are going out of hand, the police should chase them away from the central business district where they are not needed and not follow them up to their areas of residence breaking doors and beating them,” they further say.

They have also appealed to the youths and those who are demonstrating to do so peacefully in accordance to the law and not to barricade roads or burn tyres on the roads coupled with taxing motorist.     

 They have sent a passionate appeal to the Inspector General of Police Joseph Boinet to institute an immediate investigation into the killing of innocent citizens who are unarmed.

They have also taken up issues with the Independent Policing Oversight Authority {IPOA} for not doing anything despite police being accused of killing innocent citizens.

“To our surprise the brutal killings started in Nairobi  Mathare area, University of Nairobi and some parts of Nyanza, we have not heard any word from independent policing oversight authority (IPOA) investigating the killing by the police and take necessary actions,” they add.

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