Kenya’s president addresses issue of police brutality

Kenya’s President Ruto has disclosed that he fired the former head of criminal investigations over cases of forced disappearances and extrajudicial killings. In a wide-ranging question and answer media session that included the issue of police brutality, the president said he "will close the chapter" on extrajudicial killings by the police. We hear from a journalist who was there.

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Photo: A Kenyan police officer on patrol in Nairobi. Credit: Getty Images.