MALI: MINUSMA Liquidation

propaganda" reports that police kidnapped and killed some protesters.Kanja was sworn in in November after his predecessor Gilbert Masengeli was given a six-month jail sentence for contempt of court.He had refused on seven different occasions to testify on the whereabouts of three activists said to have been abducted by the police during the protests, though escaped jail after apologising to the court.President William Ruto also defended the police against claims of abductions.President Ruto said in an address to parliament aired by privately-owned Citizen TV that many abduction cases have been resolved, and others are legal arrest being handled by the police.He urged all Kenyans with information about cases of abductions to report to the police and to the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (Ipoa), which investigates rogue officers.Western diplomats, who have favoured Ruto for his policies on green energy, climate policy and security, have sounded the alarm.In late October, US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director William Burns offered to boost Kenya's National Intelligence Service's operations, but on the condition that Ruto address the abductions.