The Police Officer Who Shot a 13 Year Old boy On Balcony To Be Prosecuted

PHOTO COURTESY: THE LATE YASSIN MOYO

The Director of Public Prosecutions has approved the arrest and prosecution of a policeman , Duncan Ndiema Ndiwah.

This he said is in reference to the fatal shooting of Yasin Hussein Moyo at the balcony of his range in Huruma, Nairobi on March 30 this year.

On the fateful day, the 13-year-old had been curiously watching police patrol the streets together with his mother and siblings.

A coronavirus-related curfew had just started when a stray bullet struck him within the stomach.

His father, Hussein Moyo Molte, was at a close-by friend’s place watching the news and recounts hearing gunshots moments before his daughter called to inform him, “Yassin’s been shot, we were on the balcony, the police had a torch on us then they fired shots.”

Moyo rushed home to seek out the neighborhood engulfed in teargas.

Neighbors drove Yassin to a Nairobi hospital where he later died from his injuries, consistent with his father, who believes his neighborhood cops are responsible for the incident, which happened on March 30.

“My child was shot on the balcony reception , he wasn’t even on the road ,” said Moyo.

“I support the curfew but how the policeman handled it had been very wrong.”

Kenya’s dusk-to-dawn curfew went into effect nationwide on March 27 in an attempt to curb the spread of coronavirus.

On Tuesday, the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) revealed that 15 Kenyans are killed by cops since March 27.

“After preliminary investigations, fifteen (15) deaths and thirty-one (31) incidents where victims sustained injuries have directly been linked to actions of cops during the curfew enforcement,” the IPOA statement reads.

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Further, IPOA has dispatched Rapid Response teams to determine the circumstances that led to 6 other fatalities within the latest incidents.

About 87 complaints which include deaths, shootings, harassment, assaults resulting to serious injuries, robbery, cruelty and sexual abuse are currently being investigated by the Authority.

Human rights group Amnesty International told CNN it's documented 16 people killed by cops since the curfew started.

“Excessive use of force further terrorizes a public that's already anxious and fearful,” said Amnesty International’s Kenya director, Irungu Houghton.

Houghton believes violent enforcement of the curfew damages charitable trust within the police and will hurt efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19.

On April 1, President Uhuru Kenyatta issued a public apology for the excessive use of force by police.

Yassin’s traumatized family however said an apology won't bring their son back.

His mother Hadija Abdullahi Hussein told CNN: “Everyone is home but nobody is talking. He wont to be the one who brought all the life into the house"

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