Three Standard Media Group journalists were on Wednesday arrested after police impounded a stolen car they were travelling in.
The vehicle had been registered as an Uber and the journalists had allegedly hired it oblivious to the fact that it was stolen.
Photojournalist Jennifer Wachie recounted the ordeal stating that several police officers surrounded the vehicle and asked the driver to pull over.
The three were then asked to step out of the car as the officers inspected the car.
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"We did not think at any point that the car was stolen. We thought that the driver may have caused an obstruction or something else, but not theft.
"It is normal for us to use Uber for our assignments," she added.
The journalists were then taken to the Pangani Police Station as prime suspects in the case.
According to the three, it took the intervention of senior police officers to secure their release.
Police later clarified that the car was stolen at the port of Mombasa even as the driver claimed that he had driven it for three years.
The driver further claimed that the car belonged to his brother.
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