Kenya: Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) a non-governmental organisation termed killing of journalist Arshad Sharif as “well-planned” and “clearly choreographed”.

Sharif was shot dead in Kenya on October 24. Initially, Kenyan media quoted local police as saying Sharif was shot dead by police in a case of “mistaken identity”.

But later reports from Kenyan media reconstructed events surrounding killing, stating that an occupant in Sharif’s car at time of his killing was believed to have shot at paramilitary General Service Unit (GSU) officers.

KHRC’s senior programme advisor Martin Mavenjina who is also lawyer in Kenyan High Court said Sharif’s murder investigation pointed towards an “inside job”. He said that killing depicted that journalist was under surveillance for a “good period of time”.

Published in The Daily National Courier, November, 18 2022

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