The Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) has launched investigations to establish how police officers allegedly received a bribe to unlawfully release an illegal immigrant from Pangani Police Station in Nairobi.
This is after the officers were secretly filmed by NTV's allegedly releasing a foreigner accused of illegally being in the country.
In the video recording, the police officers can be seen striking a deal with the foreigner before setting him free from Pangani police station.
According to court reports, the immigrant of Somali origin, had allegedly gained entry into the country without following the immigration rules and procedures.
The court ruled that the foreigner should be held at Pangani police station as government worked on his deportation.
NTV's hidden cameras captured some police officers from the station negotiating with the foreigner and his friends before receiving a bribe and setting him free.
Following the expose, IPOA says its investigations will ensure that all the police officers involved in breaking of the law will be held liable and charged for subverting the law.
On the other hand, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) noted that it would open the case against the law enforcement officers once it receives a comprehensive report from the investigative agencies.
Haji the remarks on Wednesday, August 2, while launching a call centre to help deal with election-related cases.
The National Police Service (NPS) is yet to respond to the clip which has exposed police officers abetting crime.
In April, Missing Voices, a consortium of civil society organizations dedicated to ending extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances in Kenya, documented 30 cases of police killings that they claimed are reportedly associated with Pangani Police Station in 2021 alone.
"In 2021, every month, with the exception of June, officers from Pangani are accused of murder. For the last three years, during which Missing Voices has actively tracked the data, police have killed more than 500 people," the Missing Voices report read.
The civil society organizations indicated that they documented 219 cases of police killings and enforced disappearances in just 2021.
