The trial of four former Kenyan police officers accused of murdering two Indian nationals and their Kenyan driver began in Nairobi on Monday. Indian men Zulfiqar Ahmad Khan and Mohamed Zaid Sami Kidwai were in Kenya to help campaign for President-elect William Ruto in August.
Kenyan media reports that police arrested the officers at the end of July. The remains of the victims were found in a forest last week. The four officers were members of a Special Services Unit that Ruto disbanded this month for allegedly carrying out extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances.
Kenya's independent police watchdog says the unit is suspected of missing more than 100 people this year alone. At a press conference on Monday, agency head Anne Makori said the unit was suspected of torturing victims and dumping their bodies in Yala, Kenya. River".
In January 2022, the agency launched an investigation into incidents in which 25 bodies were found dumped in the Yala River at different times. After participating in all post-mortem investigations, the overall trend when determining the course of death was
From the bodies had 12 injuries," Makori said. The agency continues to investigate other disappearances linked to the unit.
In addition to the murder charges, the four accused ex-officers face abuse of power and conspiracy to commit serious crimes. They face life imprisonment if convicted.
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