The June 25 anti-government protests, which culminated in the invasion of the Parliament Buildings, may have been hijacked by elements of highly trained officers outside the police units, who are typically tasked with maintaining law and order.
According to an investigation by the BBC, it is alleged that, in addition to police officers, the shooters during the Gen Z protests could have come from the Kenya Defence Forces, specifically the Kenya Army.
In the 37-minute-long documentary, the BBC describes documenting the killing of dozens of Kenyan youths using digital data.
One of the key points highlighted was that a shooter during the Parliament storm had a dress code that was notably different from all the other plainclothes police officers, suggesting that he might not have been from the police units.
"In the video of the officer shouting, 'uaa!', the shooter's back was to the camera. But the BBC compared his body armour, riot shield, and headgear with those of every police officer at the scene. In his case, he had an upturned neck guard. We matched his distinctive uniform to an officer in a video recorded seconds later. There, he made sure to hide his face before firing into the crowd. We do not know his name," BBC reported in part.
It is alleged that one of the shooters involved in the parliamentary incident was an officer later traced to the Central Police Station in Nairobi.
However, efforts to trace the officer to the Central Police Station proved futile, raising questions about his real station of assignment.
However, attempts to have both the National Police Service (NPS) and the station comment on the officer's conduct were unsuccessful.
NPS stated that investigations into police conduct are handled solely by the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) and that it could not investigate itself.
Regarding the claims that Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) officers were involved in the shooting, the KDF denied the allegations, asserting that it is a professional service committed to neutrality.
After a week of protests that saw the invasion of Parliament, the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) declared that 39 people had died and 361 had been injured around the country.
The protests, which later saw the dropping of the Finance Bill, which aimed to raise Ksh346 billion in taxes, put Kenya on the wrong map globally, with reports of human rights violations.
So far, the only police officer in court for the possible murder charges is an officer from Central Police Station, whose case was postponed on March 10, after a key witness requested more time to present important documents in court. By
