Severed human head sent to Kenya police commission boss

A human head and two hands have been
sent to Kenya’s police commission chief,
viewed as a grim warning against his
efforts to reform the force, officers said
Friday.
A box containing the body parts apparently
hacked from the same corpse was left
outside the headquarters of the National
Police Service Commission in the centre of
the capital Nairobi on Thursday, city police
chief Benson Kibui said.
Included was a threat for the chief of the
largely civilian police oversight body,
Johnston Kavuludi, who was appointed last
year and is trying to push through reforms.
“Kavuludi, you are next”, a note with the
head read.
Comprehensive police reforms were
introduced in 2011 aimed at stopping
violations committed by police during post-
election violence in 2007-2008, but
implementation has been blocked.
The reforms transfer some powers from the
police chief to the commission, including
responsibility for recruitment and discipline
of police officers.
“We cannot tell the motive behind this,”
Kibui said, calling it a “heinous” act.
The package was initially feared to be a
bomb and explosive experts opening
discovered the body parts. AFP