Month: June 2020

Cornelius Kipkogei

June 25, 2020 miing_voices-2 18-35, 2020, Male, Nandi, Political Demonstrations, Shot Dead, Under 18 0 Comments

Cornelius Kipkogei

DEMOGRAPHICS

Male

OCCUPATION

Unknown

DATE OF INCIDENT

June 25, 2020

LOCATION

Lessos, Nandi

STATUS

Dead

It is alleged that the police shot this man after chaos/demonstration erupted after the killing of the 40 year old cobbler Lazarus Tirop, he was among other two who were also shot in the same area and time. Police originally claimed that Kogei had died after fallen from a flag post outside the police station. However,the post-mortem report shows he was shot 3 times.

Timothy Kipyego

June 25, 2020 miing_voices-2 18-35, 2020, Male, Nandi, Political Demonstrations, Shot Dead 0 Comments

Timothy Kipyego

DEMOGRAPHICS

Male

OCCUPATION

Plumber

DATE OF INCIDENT

June 25, 2020 

LOCATION

Lessos, Nandi

STATUS

Dead

It is alleged that the police shot this man after chaos/demonstration erupted after the killing of the 40 year old cobbler Lazarus Tirop, he was among other two who were also shot in the same area and time. The post-mortem report indicated that Chebwai was shot in the face.

Lazarus Tirop

June 25, 2020 miing_voices-2 2020, 35-50, Anti-crime Operations, Male, Nandi, Shot Dead 0 Comments

Lazarus Tirop

DEMOGRAPHICS

Male

OCCUPATION

Cobbler

DATE OF INCIDENT

June 26, 2020 

LOCATION

Lessos, Nandi

STATUS

Dead

Lazarus Tirop was a 40 year old cobbler and a father of four. On July 6, 2020, according the news reports, police officers were harassing a boda boda for not wearing a mask. It is reported that Tirop intervened and protested the harassment when he was shot and killed. His death sparked community outrage and community members protested and set the OSC’s house ablaze.

Unknown

June 24, 2020 miing_voices-2 2020, Anti-crime Operations, Embu, Male 0 Comments

Unknown

DEMOGRAPHICS

Male

OCCUPATION

Unknown

DATE OF INCIDENT

June 24, 2020 

LOCATION

Embu

STATUS

Dead

On June 24, 2020, Police in Embu shot and killed a man for allegedly stealing a car tyre.

N.B. Missing Voices has not been able to verify the circumstances that lead up to his death

James Mureithi Njeru (VAITE/MAPEI)

June 1, 2020 miing_voices-2 2020, Anti-crime Operations, Male, Nairobi, Over 50, Shot Dead 0 Comments

James Mureithi Njeru (VAITE/MAPEI)

DEMOGRAPHICS

Male

OCCUPATION

Collected and sold plastics

DATE OF INCIDENT

June 1, 2020 

LOCATION

Mathare, Nairobi

STATUS

Dead

A 51-year-old man, known by the community as Vaite was killed in Mathare 3c, around 7:40pm. Vaite was shot 3 times at close range, 2 bullets to his thigh and 1 to his lower abdomen. The police officers were alleging enforcing the curfew, but Vaite was a homeless man and would sleep by the roadside, at the same spot where he was shot. It is alleged that the police officers fled the scene after they shot Vaite, leaving him to bleed to death.

Vaite was well-known by the community, as he would collect and sell plastics during the day, and would sleep outside at night.  He was a university educated automotive engineer, who suffered a mental breakdown, 10 years ago, after him and his wife split up.