Police invited one Riaz Gilani to file a complaint with their Internal Affairs Unit (IAU) after he took to Twitter to reveal how his expectant wife who was driving with another baby in the car was mistakenly descended on by police.
Armed officers in three vehicles are said to have stopped her and pointed their firearms, shouting instructions and scaring the baby in the back seat as they searched the vehicle.
At the police station she was ordered to drive to, the matter was laughed off with talk that it was "lucky that she was a lady driver. Mwanaume angepigwa risasi (A man would be shot)".
The police were on the trail of suspects believed to clone number plates which they place on vehicles used in various criminal activities.
The lady was interrogated with police seeking to know, among other things, whether her mechanics could have used it to commit a crime.
Investigating officers in the case had first tracked down Mr Gilani to his place of work through his phone in November 2017.
They confirmed ownership details of the vehicle at the time by looking up the registration details on the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA)/National Transport Safety Authority (NTSA) portal
The Officer Commanding Station (OCS) stated that a process to de-circulate the vehicle would be initiated.
Past investigations have revealed that fake number plates are readily available in Nairobi, with security chips used by cameras to identify plates also taken by dealers from accident cars.
The situation poses several security risks coupled with the perception of a trigger-happy police service.
