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IG Kanja, Bungei risk jail term over deploying police in plainclothes

Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja and Nairobi Regional Police Commander Adamson Bungei are at risk of a six-month imprisonment for allegedly violating court orders.

The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) has petitioned for their imprisonment, claiming that Kanja and Bungei ignored a directive from Justice Bahati Mwamuye requiring that plainclothes officers not conceal their identities during protests.

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