NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 18- Four police officers attached to Ruiru police station, Kiambu county were on Tuesday evening arrested for allegedly robbing a businessman in the area.
This followed a complaint by the businessman and subsequent investigations that confirmed his claims.
They are accused of stealing Sh1,030 from the businessman who had allegedly violated curfew hours.
“On Tuesday evening during an operation we managed to arrest four officers and another one is helping in investigations. We want to tell residents if they are mistreated in anyway, they report to police, we will not allow police to do this to our people,” Ruiru Sub-County Police Commander Geoffrey Githinji said.
The officers were arrested alongside two civilians and are expected in court on Wednesday to face charges of robbery with violence.
The civilian who was arrested alongside the four officers is works as an M-pesa attendant.
“We have confiscated their phones and also arrested three other people operating an M-Pesa business and most probably are colliding with police. We are still conducting investigations and hopefully we will ensure the officers involved are prosecuted,” he said.
The officers are said to have forced the businessman to reveal his M-Pesa pin number for them to transfer the amount.
They later deleted the transaction message so that he could not reverse the amount or contact the owner of the phone number.
Still on Tuesday, two other police officers accused of inflicting serious injuries to a man in Mathare, leading to his death were arrested.
The two, an Inspector and a Corporal, are scheduled to face murder charges.
According to the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA), the actions of the two led to the death of Vitalis Owino Ochillo alias Madaraka.
It happened at Mradi area of Mathare North in Nairobi on May 3.
“The death falls within IPOA mandate to hold police accountable for their actions,” IPOA chairperson Anne Makori said in a statement to Newsrooms.
Ochillo succumbed to injuries sustained after he was arrested by police officers who were enforcing curfew orders. It was about 7pm.
IPOA identified the two officers as Inspector Daniel Musau and Corporal Robert Mwangi Kibororo.
There have been increased cases of police killings during enforcement of COVID-19 rules.
On Tuesday, 6 police officers under investigation for the murder of two Embu brothers were arraigned.
They however not required to plead to any charges.
The prosecution, through Jacinta Nyamosi, said they required at least 14 days to complete investigations before they can face murder charges.
The request was granted by Senior Principal Magistrate Daniel Dungi when the suspects were arraigned at the Milimani Law Courts.
The suspects are Corporal Consolata Njeri, Corporal Benson Mbuthia, Constable Lilian Cherono, Constable Martin Wanyama, Constable Nicholas Sang and Constable James Mwaniki.
They will all be held at the Capital Hill Police Station until August 31.
They are accused of killing Emmanuel Mutura and Benson Njiru whose bodies were found in the mortuary on August 3, following their arrest on August 1.
Initial police reports indicated that the two brothers jumped out of a moving police vehicle.
Human Rights defender and Embu residents refuted the narrative and demanded for justice.
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