The Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) is a state Authority created under an Act of Parliament No.35 of 2011, with the mandate of holding the police accountable to the public in the performance of their functions.
The Authority wishes to …
The High Court yesterday jailed four police officers after establishing that Mr. Alexander Monson who died after being arrested by police was “tortured” while in …
UPDATE: The five officers have today, September 20, 2021 pleaded not guilty at the High Court in Nairobi. The Court ordered they be held in prison pending hearing of their case scheduled for December 6 and 7, 2021.
Five …
An Inspector of Police has been charged with murder of a secondary school student at the High Court in Mombasa today August 26, 2021.
Mr. Tony Katana was shot dead at Uwanja wa Mbuzi, Kongowea in Mombasa on August 12, …
New police cadets are indebted to Kenyans in hastening reforms in the Service, especially because they are first beneficiaries of a new programme that inducts police leadership recruited directly from the general public.
Independent Policing Oversight Authority Chairperson Anne Makori …
Two police officers- an Inspector and a Corporal are today set to be charged with murder at the High Court in Nairobi over the death of a suspect.
Mr. Vitallis Owino Ochillo alias Baba Anita alias Waingo alias Madaraka died …
Six police officers have today been placed in State custody for fourteen days as they await being charged with murder.
The Magistrates court at Milimani, Nairobi made the ruling on the strength of an affidavit made by Independent Policing Oversight …
BY IPOA News
On August 12, 2017, the Independent Policing Oversight Authority received information that a nine-year-old girl was fatally wounded after being shot by a police officer.
After investigations, the Authority determined that an inquest be conducted by a …
A police Constable has been sentenced to 40 years in jail for defiling a minor at Gatundu police station, Kiambu County.
The 15-year-old girl was held in custody at the station for what the police stated in court as “need …
IPOA will soon unveil a raft of Regulations that will govern the way investigations, inspections and other functions of the Authority will be conducted.
These controls will shield the Authority in the event of legal challenges that may arise during …
