IPOA: 65 killed in protests, police accused of excessive force

The independent policing oversight authority now says 65 people were killed during this year's June and July protests.IPOA has also faulted the national police service that they treated the protests like riots and used disproportionate force in handling them. IPOA's report comes as one family from Bungoma county faulted the authority over what they termed the slow pace of investigations, delaying their kin's send off. The family is set to bury their son, a final year student at Thika technical training institute, who was shot during the June 25th Gen-Z anniversary protests.