Former Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) Secretary-General Wilson Sossion has said that police officers must be accountable for their actions.
Speaking during a live TV interview on Thursday, July 3, 2025, Sossion indicated that extra-judicial killings should be completely eradicated and that police officers involved in the crimes must be held accountable.
“Holding police officers to account is something that cannot be negotiated. The police must be accountable for some of the actions that are happening within the context of their knowledge,” Sossion said.
Extrajudicial killings
“This country should move away from extra-judicial issues, abductions, and it cannot be business as usual if we have not investigated the bodies that were dumped in River Yala, bodies retrieved from Kware dump site and the bodies that were exhumed at Shakahola,” he added.
“As a country, we should stop taking human life; remove the boundaries and barricades of politics and take it out of contestation. Let us not play with the lives of Kenyans.”
The remarks come just days after at least 19 people were killed during the commemoration of the 2024 protests on June 25, 2025.
Scores injured
On June 26, 2025, Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen revealed that over 400 people were injured during the confrontation with the police officers attempting to quell the protests.
According to Murkomen, at least ten Kenyans died during the June 25, 2025, protests, and the government is conducting investigations into the circumstances of their untimely deaths.
“More than 10 Kenyans were killed; investigations are ongoing into the circumstances under which this happened. Over 400 people were injured; close to 300 were police officers, and some left with injuries they will carry for the rest of their lives,” he stated.
Murkomen also revealed that goons who infiltrated the protest targeted key government installations such as police stations, looking for armouries and police uniforms at various police stations in the country.
“The criminals are after guns in the armouries and police uniforms. Five firearms were stolen from Dagoretti Police Post, Kiambu County, while four were burnt at Gachui Police Post,” he lamented.
