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  • 6/19/2025
Police officers accused of shooting Nairobi hawker remanded in custody for 15 days

Two police officers accused of shooting and wounding a street hawker were arraigned in a Nairobi court on Thursday and remanded into custody while detectives complete their investigation.

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00:00Two police officers accused of shooting and wounding a street hawker were arraigned in a Nairobi court on Thursday
00:06and remanded into custody, while detectives complete their investigation.
00:12The defendants, who covered their faces in the courtroom, are accused of shooting 22-year-old Boniface Kerouki
00:18on Tuesday during street protests over the death of blogger Albert Ojuang while in police custody.
00:26Kerouki's shooting has added to the growing anger against police brutality in the country.
00:32The two respondents will be remanded at Capitol Hill Police Station for the period of 15 days.
00:39Kerouki is believed to have been caught up in a confrontation with the two officers.
00:44Photographs show one officer who had concealed his face with a mask, shooting him in the head as he walked away.
00:51Abdi Razak Mohamed is representing the two accused.
00:56I was appearing for this matter for the defendants in the matter, or rather the accused.
01:02So the prosecution were not ready. They wanted more days for investigation to be done.
01:06We agreed in consensus that investigation to be done.
01:09From then, the matter will be mentioned on third, which will converge to the court for the case to take it off.
01:15Kenya has a history of police brutality, and President William Ruto previously vowed to end it.
01:24Last year, activists and protesters were abducted and killed by Kenyan police during protests against tax hikes.
01:32Thank you very much.

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