Activist Boniface Mwangi on Monday accused police of secretly working with feared Nairobi criminal Felix Mwingirwa.
Mwingirwa was on the spot a few weeks ago for attacking a passenger at the Meru matatu terminus in Nairobi CBD but little action has been taken.
Mwangi, while speaking to Kenyans.co.ke, stated that the accused has now engineered the arrest of two people he had assaulted, through his links with police.
John Kariuki Mwaniki and John Kithinji, who were witnesses on January 30, when Felix assaulted the passenger appeared in court on Tuesday but were not charged.
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"...the two Johns tried to help the passenger and both were assaulted. Kithinji reported his assault at Central Police station, OB number, 61/30/01/2018," wrote the activist.
The Office of the DPP confirmed that their file will be perused and appropriate action will be taken. No charges were approved.
The activist also pointed out a similar incident where one Wafula Msungu took photos of Felix assaulting a passenger and he was threatened.
"Felix assaulted a passenger, cracked his skull and left him for dead. Wayne Wafula Msungu took photos and shared them on social media.
"The uproar forced police to release a statement that Felix is known to them as a serial offender and he has three assault cases before the court.
"Police arrested Felix but the whistleblower, Wayne, was threatened," stated Mwangi.
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Felix was later charged in court and in spite of being a serial offender, he was released on a Sh50,000 bond.
Mwangi further alleged that the criminal is the one who collects bribe money from all Tea Room shuttles and forwards it to the police.
"So, Felix is untouchable because he is the bribe collector of money that ends up as “protection fee” for the police.
"Police don’t want their money collector jailed and the shuttles are afraid of losing that link between them and the police.
"So, this is how Felix operates; he assaults people, and then if you report to the police, they call to let him know that you have reported. The police, working together with Felix, frame the victims and lay bogus assault charges on them," wrote Mr Mwangi.
