UPDATE
Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i, has issued Inspector General of Police, Hillary Mutyambai, with an order to present him with a report regarding 4 police officers who were captured on camera harassing a motorist after damaging his vehicle at a police roadblock.
"This alleged incident has been brought to my attention. Consequently, I have instructed the @IG_NPS Hillary Mutyambai, and the Nairobi Regional Police Commander, Philip Ndolo, to furnish me with a report by 1500hrs today (10th May)," Matiang'i's statement reads in part.
The police officers are reportedly stationed at the Riruta precinct according to the the footage that was shared by the aggrieved motorist.
An angry motorist on Sunday morning, May 10, went head to head against 4 police officers manning a roadblock to ensure adherence to the dusk-to-dawn curfew over Covid-19.
Footage of the dramatic incident emerged showing a policewoman walking away from the scene as the irate motorist confronted her for damaging his vehicle.
"Mbona unatoroka, kuja twende kwa station unilipe gari yangu (why are you running away? Let as go to the police station so that that you can cover the cost of my damaged car)," the driver stated as he pursued the officer whilst recording the incident on video.
However, 3 other officers working alongside the policewoman who allegedly damaged the truck, came to her defence.
"She is not going anywhere with you. It is not allowed. You expect her to leave her post to go with you?" another female officer stated.
Her male colleagues also stepped in, with one of them threatening to beat up the driver and arrest him, going on to try and wrest away the mobile device used to record the heated incident.
"Don't even try to beat me. I have every right to demand to go with her to station to report the incident. She has to explain why she damaged my car yet I have all the documentation required to operate during the curfew," he asserted.
He then identified the officers precinct as Riruta Police Station and vowed to upload the entire episode across social media platforms to ensure that justice was served.
The officers simply left the scene, leaving him behind as he continued to protest against the damage on his vehicle.
The Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) was alerted to the incedent by concerned Kenyans on Twitter, in a bid to ensure that the officers involved got to answer or defend themselves against the allegation.
IPOA was established through an Act of Parliament published in November 2011, to provide for civilian overrsight over the work of the police in Kenya.
On April 29, the oversight authority charged 7 police officers with the murder of Mary Chepkorir Kiprotich, who was assaulted, with no lawful cause as the authority determined, at her homestead and later pronounced dead Ndindika Health Centre.
The seven were identified as; Inspector Harrison Mwa, Corporal John Kimweli Musau, Police Constable Linus Kipngetich Terer, Police Constable Joseph Mureithi, Police Constable David Kipkemoi and Police Constable Magdalene Nachapai.
They were all attached to Majiwa General Service Unit (GSU) camp and accompanied the area Chief in conducting an operation against the sale of illegal alcohol, during which Chepkorir died.
