{"id":109032,"date":"2025-01-30T08:03:25","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T08:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/01\/30\/ipoa-says-unable-to-probe-abductions-since-they-cannot-link-the-police\/"},"modified":"2025-01-30T08:03:25","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T08:03:25","slug":"ipoa-says-unable-to-probe-abductions-since-they-cannot-link-the-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/ipoa-says-unable-to-probe-abductions-since-they-cannot-link-the-police\/","title":{"rendered":"IPOA says unable to probe abductions since they cannot link the police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 30<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>\u2013 The Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) has stated that it cannot investigate alleged abductions carried out by the police, citing the National Police Service\u2019s (NPS) denial of involvement.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>IPOA Chairperson Issack Hassan, speaking on Wednesday during a meeting in Meru, said that although the public claims the abductions are being carried out by police units, the NPS\u2019s denial of involvement prevents the authority from launching any investigations unless the police acknowledge responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Inspector General (IG) came out and said these are not our officers. When we have people in hoods abducting individuals and taking them not to police stations but to different locations, I believe these are issues that the police need to investigate themselves,\u201d Hassan said.<\/p>\n<p>Hassan explained that since the abductions began, the authority has attempted to establish a possible link between the police and these disappearances. <\/p>\n<p>The findings have been submitted to the courts, where several cases are still underway.<\/p>\n<p>He reiterated that as long as the police maintain their stance that they are not involved, IPOA is unable to launch a formal investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Hassan also highlighted IPOA\u2019s staffing and funding challenges, noting that these significantly limit the authority\u2019s ability to conduct thorough investigations. <\/p>\n<p>He revealed that IPOA plans to engage Parliament, specifically the Committee on Administration of Justice and National Security, to seek additional funding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are going to go back to Parliament, meet with the Committee on Administration of Justice and National Security, and request them to allocate us more funding,\u201d said Hassan.<\/p>\n<p>IPOA\u2019s remarks come amid growing public outrage, with citizens demanding action against police officers accused of orchestrating abductions, particularly targeting the youth.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 30\u00a0\u2013 The Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) has stated that it cannot investigate alleged abductions carried out by the police, citing the National Police Service\u2019s (NPS) denial of involvement. IPOA Chairperson Issack Hassan, speaking on Wednesday during a meeting in Meru, said that although the public claims the abductions are being carried [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109032\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}