Ahmed Rashid, a former police officer, has been charged with murder in connection with the Eastleigh killings.

Ahmed Rashid, a former police officer, has been charged with murder in connection with the Eastleigh killings.

Ahmed Rashid, the contentious policeman who was seen on camera in March 2017 killing two alleged criminals from Eastleigh in broad daylight, is currently charged with murder.

Rashid was the commander of the dreaded “Pangani Six” team at the time of the incident; this outfit is accused of being responsible for several extrajudicial police killings in the Eastleigh and Mathare slums.

After the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) received summons orders from the Milimani High Court to have the officer appear in court, the corporal is scheduled to enter a plea on December 8, 2022.

According to a statement from IPOA Chairperson Anne Makori, “The Independent Policing Oversight Authority concluded the investigation into the deaths of Mr. Jamal Mohamed and Mr. Mohamed Dahir Kheri following a shooting that occurred at Easteigh, Nairobi County on March 31, 2017 and established that the fatalities were occasioned by police action.”

“The results were transmitted to the Director of Public Prosecutions with the suggestion to charge Corporal Ahmed Rashid with murder,” according to Section 29(a) of the Independent Policing Oversight Authority Act.

After completing in-depth investigations into the deaths of the aforementioned men, Ms. Makori continued that the authorities has accumulated sufficient information to accuse Rashid of murder.

Rashid confessed to killing accused criminals in an interview after the two men were executed in broad sight.

“We have to get them, whether alive or dead; that one has no wiggle room,” Rashid remarked.