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People killed by the police in Kenya
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People killed by the police in 2015
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Who was killed
Killings by county
Total killings
Killings per 100,000 people
141 people
shot and killed in 2015
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County
Baringo
Bomet
Bungoma
Embu
Garissa
Kakamega
Kilifi
Kirinyaga
Kisumu
Kwale
Lamu
Makueni
Mandera
Meru
Mombasa
Muranga
Nairobi
Nakuru
Narok
Nyandarua
Nyeri
Taita Taveta
Uasin Gishu
Gender
M
F
Armed/Unarmed
Unarmed
Armed
Unknown
Occupation
Bandit
Boda boda rider
Businessperson
Export Processing Zone worker
Hawker
Police (Administration Police officer)
Police (General Service Unit inspector)
Police (National Intelligence Service officer)
Police (Police officer)
Police (Regular)
Police Officer
Student
Suspected drug peddler
Suspected gangster
Suspected robber
Suspected thief
Suspected thug
University student
Unknowm
Unknown
Police weapon used
Gun
Blunt object
unknown
Machete
Stoned to death by public after he was disarmed
Gun butt
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A third of all killings by police in 2015 happened in Nairobi
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