Kenya’s High Court has sentenced a senior policeman to death for the murder of a detainee – one of two cases resulting in rare officer convictions.
In a separate case, five senior police officers were found responsible for the death of a six-month-old baby hit over the head by riot police.
Kenya’s police have previously faced accusations of impunity over killings.
Nahashon Mutua received a death sentence for fatally beating detainee Martin Koome with a metal bar in 2013. Read more