A note with the head read: 'Kavuludi, you are next
The package, sent to Johnston Kavuludi, who is charged with
reforming the service, carried a message which read: "Kavuludi, you are
next." It also included hands, apparently from the same body, and was
left outside the headquarters of the National Police Service Commission
in the centre of the capital, Nairobi.
City police chief
Benson Kibui, who revealed the news, said: "We cannot tell the motive
behind this," calling it a "heinous" act.
The parcel is a
grim sign, as Mr Kavuludi seeks to reform the force. He was appointed
last year to head the commission, a largely civilian police oversight
body.
Comprehensive reforms, spurred by police violations
during post-election violence in 2007 and 2008, were introduced in 2011
but not yet implemented. They transfer some powers from the police
chief to the commission, including responsibility for recruitment and
officer discipline.
According to AFP, explosive experts
were called in when the package was feared to be a bomb, but upon
inspection they discovered the body parts.
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