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Torture rife in Kenya, police to blame

category international | rights, freedoms and repression | other press author Monday June 27, 2005 03:30author by with impunity

By Andrew Cawthorne
Sun Jun 26,11:08 AM ET

NAIROBI June 26 (Reuters) - Torture is still meted out with impunity in Kenya, particularly by police, said two studies released on Sunday to mark the U.N. world day for torture.
Former Kenyan strongman President Daniel arap Moi's security services were notorious for torture in the latter years of his 24-year-old rule that ended in 2002.

President Mwai Kibaki came to power vowing better human rights, but the reports showed his record is by no means clean.

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