The streets of Nairobi were dripping red with figurative blood as lawyers and civil society organisations mounted pressure on police to end extra judicial killings, even after three police officers were arrested over triple murders which have shocked the country.

Led by the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights, the activists donned in t-shirts emblazoned with dripping blood symbols and waving placards fashioned in a similar way held street demonstrations to protest against the killing of lawyer Willie Kimani, his client and their taxi driver who were murdered in cold blood.

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The bodies of lawyer Kimani, his client Josephat Mwenda and taxi driver Joseph Muiruri were found dumped at a river in Kilimambogo, with signs that they were tortured before their deaths
Representatives of boda boda operators in Nairobi also joined the demonstrations, saying they are often intimidated by police across the country
The protestors also carrying coffins started their procession from Freedom Corner at Uhuru Park, while chanting slogans against extra judicial killings in the country, before marching through Kenyatta Avenue on their way to Police headquarters to present the petition
Police Spokesman Charles Owino was not spared either as he was sputtered with red paint while receiving a petition seeking to bring an end to extra-judicial killings.

“The Inspector General should now clarify whether the AP officer accused of shooting Mwenda (the client) is one of those under arrest,” stated Otsieno Namwaya, a researcher at the Human Rights Watch. “It cannot be business as usual when cases of police killings are emerging from many parts of the country each year.”

The protestors also carrying coffins started their procession from Freedom Corner at Uhuru Park, while chanting slogans against extra judicial killings in the country, before marching through Kenyatta Avenue on their way to Police headquarters to present the petition.