A human head and 2 hands have been sent out to Kenya’s police commission chief, viewed as a grim caution against his initiatives to change the force, officers said Friday.
A box containing the body components evidently hacked from the same corpse was left outside the head office of the National Police Service Commission in the center of the resources Nairobi on Thursday, urban area police Chief Benson Kibui said.
Included was a threat for the chief of the largely civilian police oversight body, Johnston Kavuludi, who was appointed last year and is trying to push through reforms.
“Kavuludi, you are next”, a note with the head read.
Comprehensive police reforms were introduced in 2011 aimed at stopping violations committed by police during post-election violence in 2007-2008, but implementation has been blocked.
The reforms transfer some powers from the police chief to the commission, including responsibility for recruitment and discipline of police officers.
“We cannot tell the motive behind this,” Kibui said, calling it a “heinous” act.
The package was initially feared to be a bomb and explosive experts opening discovered the body parts.
AFP
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