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ODM demands firing of Police IG Koome, Nairobi police boss Bungei

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ODM Secretary General Edwin Sifuna (center) flanked by deputy Party leaders Wycliffe Oparanya (R) and Hassan Joho (L) at the Party's headquarters in Nairobi. [ODM Communications]

Calls for the resignation of Inspector General of Police Japhet Koome and Nairobi police boss Adamson Bungei are intensifying.

The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) has joined other political actors and human rights organisations in urging President William Ruto to dismiss Koome and Bungei over alleged cases of police brutality, abductions, and killings of protesters.

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