Arshad Sharif Murder: Two Kenyan Cops Allegedly Involved in Killing of Pak Journalist Promoted
The five Kenyan officers allegedly involved in the murder of Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif resumed their duties as authorities in Nairobi did not take any action against them. A report by Pakistan’s Geo News said the police officers are back to work, and two of those five officers have been promoted to senior ranks.
The five allegedly involved officers are also enjoying full police perks as well.
Arshad Sharif was killed in October 2022 at a roadblock in a remote part of Kenya. The Kenyan Independent Policing and Oversight Authority (IPOA), which at that time said that it would make the probe’s findings into the journalist’s murder public within weeks, has not made any finding public in nine months.
The Pakistani media outlet said the Kenyan IPOA refused to answer questions regarding the reinstatement of the police officers as well.
In its report, Geo News claimed that the Kenyan probe into the murder of journalist Arshad Sharif has gone silent.
Kevin Kimuyu Mutuku, a police officer attached to the General Service Unit (GSU), who was allegedly shot at the crime scene where Sharif was killed, immediately returned to work after being released from the hospital. Mutuku claims the shots were fired from inside the car, but the Geo News report cited that the forensic investigation does not align with the claim.
Sharif arrived in Kenya on August 20 and died on October 23 in a shootout, but Khurram Ahmad survived miraculously, sparking speculations about what led to Sharif’s mother.
Arshad Sharif fled Pakistan in August to avoid arrest after being slapped with several cases, including sedition charges. He had interviewed Shahbaz Gill, a former aide of Imran Khan.
After fleeing to Kenya, he lived at the Riverside penthouse of businessman Waqar Ahmad, the brother of the driver Khurram Ahmad.
Geo News said that the National Police Service (NPS) in Kenya slowed down the investigation because its members were involved. Kenya’s Human Rights Commission member Martin Mavenjina told Geo News that it was clear that the National Police Service in Kenya is not interested in a detailed probe. He said the time taken by the police shows they are not interested in pursuing the case.
Martin Mavenjina told Geo News that Sharif’s family may not get justice.
Mavenjina said there is also a lack of political goodwill, which has resulted in the delay.
“We have already learned that the deceased was an outspoken journalist. He was loved and hated in equal measure. If there was positive political goodwill, then automatically the investigations by now could have been concluded,” Mavenjina was quoted as saying by Geo News.
Former Islamabad High Court judge Shaukat Siddiqui told Geo News that the Kenyan Police were privy to “this planned murder.”
Source: Geo News
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