Mildred Atty Owiso, an activist and one of the administrators of a popular Facebook page, Buyers Beware, has yet again engaged a police officer.
In a selfie video that has since been shared on social media pages, Atty was seen confronting the officer who had sat on the back seat of her vehicle.
"The police have no right to get into someone's car. They should command you to the station you are supposed to go to. They should not get in your car and ask you to drive them to the station.
"I will never give the police a ride in my car. If there is an issue, tell us which police station we are going to but the police have no right to ask someone to drive them in their car," an angered Atty ranted.
Three minutes into the video, a crowd was seen surrounding the vehicle, some alleging that it was not the first time the officer had committed the act.
"We need to see the police officers in their cars, they should not get into people's vehicles," one of those in the crowd stated.
The crowd finally managed to get him out of the vehicle as Atty encouraged the citizens to take photos and post him on Facebook.
This is not the first time Atty has had an altercation with a police officer. In November 2019, she was seen engaging county askaris in a heated argument after they entered her vehicle.
The Kenya Police Service in May 2019, however, clarified that it was not an offense for a police officer to stop any vehicle on the road and enter it during the routine inspections.
"It shall be lawful for any police officer in uniform to stop any vehicle, and for any police officer, licensing officer or inspector, (a) to enter any vehicle; (b) to drive any vehicle or cause any vehicle to be driven;
"(c) upon reasonable suspicion of any offense under this Act, to order and require the owner of any vehicle to bring the vehicle to him," the traffic Act (CAP 403) reads in part.
The act further stated that any person who failed to comply with any instructions given under this section shall be guilty of an offense and liable on a first conviction to a fine not exceeding thirty thousand shillings, and for a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term of one year.
Below is the video;
