Police in Dar es Salaam has shot down a gun wielding assailant who was on a shooting spree roaming the Ali Hassan Mwinyi Road from the Selanda Bridge area.
The man whose identity is yet to be established was trotting the streets while wielding two assault rifles with city dwellers at his mercy. Road users on the usually calm Oyesterbay/Upanga area were forced to abandon their cars as they ran for dear lives.
Videos posted on social media show a joint police operation round up the assailant before he is gunned down in the middle of the road outside the French Embassy gate.
VIDEO: A lone gunman carrying two automatic rifles who went on a shooting rampage near Stanbic Bank/French Embassy buildings in Tanzania's commercial capital Dar es Salaam this morning, has been subdued by police officers after being shot in the middle of the road pic.twitter.com/kdMrBCBYlv
— Tanzania Business Insight (@TanzaniaInsight) August 25, 2021
Eye witnesses who were at the scene say the cocky assailant could have killed some people during the shooting.
The man who was wearing a checked shirt is seen punching in the air then thumps his chest in a presumed victory before he is brought down by a hail of bullets from security forces.
The Selanda Bridge area which borders Upanga and Oysterbay is surrounded by residents of foreign missions such as the French Embassy, Japanese Embassy, Kenyan embassy, Russian embassy and a close proximity to financial institutions such as Stanbic Bank and KCB Bank.
Police constables George Wathania, Kibet Chemipei and Boniface Muthama are the officers recorded clobbering Allan Omondi, the JKUAT student who was caught while running to safety.
The students who were demonstrating the increased insecurity in Juja clashed with anti-riot police and, as some alleged on social media, angry locals who were supporting the police brutality.
You can't watch this with a straight face! I'm fighting back tears. Beating a #jkuat student like a rodent. Unprofessional, wtf.pic.twitter.com/5EoMEVqGMo
Netizens had reactive to the viral video a move that prompted the CS for Interior Interior Dr Fred Matiang’i to respond. National Police Service Commission (NPSC) has released names of three of the four police officers caught on camera brutally assaulting Allan Omondi.
National Police Service Commission Chairman Eliud Kinuthia said the fourth officer was yet to be identified.
âThe identification of the 4th police officer is delaying because, itâs a process, and the angle of the image on what is happening needs assurance and should be right. It is not yet set on which date or how long the investigation will take,â said Kinuthia.
The three police officers who have been identified have since been interdicted to allow for investigations before further disciplinary action is taken against them.
In what is perceived as a bluff to the public, the Police boss said the conditions of the Allan Omondi, the student who was assaulted are unclear despite pointing out that injured students are receiving treatment at different levels.
Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Interior & Coordination of National Government Dr. Fred Matiang’i has issued a statement through his official twitter account regarding an amateur video recorded in Juja that exhibited a few tricks and merciless ‘techniques’ our forces graduated with after a year-plus training on how to handle riot by unarmed citizens.
Allan was clobbered and might be having internal bleeding, The OCS of Juja Police Station locked him up without taking him to the hospital… Inhumane… Summon Juja Police Station OCS why she acted that way
For this and other jokes… Remember the same and extra happening at Uon, then at Maseno, at MMU Then post election. You tweeted this with a straight face? You remember what you said when this happened after elections? Trash!
In addition any person in position of responsibility, who out of commission or omission exposes, subjects, permits and or promotes the use of excessive force against persons in his lawful custody, care or responsibility as happened @DiscoverJKUAT must bear personal responsibility
The victims were kidnapped after leaving the Mavoko Law courts on June 23, 2016. A week later, their bodies were retrieved from the Athi River, near Donyo Sabuk police post, stashed in gunny bags.
The presecution team later on recorded the witness confession and the video submitted as evidence in the ongoing case of one of the most gruesome cold blood murder by uniformed cops.
However, the prosecution in the trial of suspects charged with the murder of lawyer Willie Kimani and two others suffered a blow after the trial Judge recanted a submission to play a video of the crime scenes.
In the video that was documented by assistant superintendent of Police Joseph Muindi, captured Peter Ngugi, a former police informer explaining how the victims were executed and the places they were murdered in cold blood.
The prosecution stated that the rejected video evidence was part of the proof the prosecution relied on to ascertain the court that the accused persons were involved in the vicious murder.
Justice Jessie Lesiit however declined to allow the prosecution play the video, stating that there was no proof that the Police officer complied with the rules and procedures of the Evidence Act.
“It was a mistake for the investigating officer, Mr Clement Mwangi, to be present at the scenes, when Mr Muindi recorded the accused person.” Justice Lessit said
According to the Justice Lessit, the presence of the investigating officer was a;
âcompulsory oral examination of the accused person in total disregard of the law and rules of evidence.â
Last week, Mr Muindi told the court that he was approached by Mr Mwangi to record Mr Ngugi as part of event reconstruction.
Former Police Informer Peter Ngugi in Court Photo|NMG
On his defense, the accused one Mr Ngugi through his lawyer Kevin Michuki, challenged the creation of the video evidence compelled on August 10, 2016, opposing that the court should not allow him to implicate himself.
Four police officers Fredrick Leliman, Stephen Cheburet, Sylvia Wanjiku and Leonard Maina Mwangi, and Mr Peter Ngugi the police informer are facing the murder trial.
And today, on Tuesday, the High Court is set to hear more evidence in the trial of four police officers and their informer charged with the 2016 cold blood murder.
A new witness, identified in court documents as number 40 is expected to introduce new evidence in form of a recorded video confession.
This comes after the testimony of Peter Ngugi, the fifth accused person in the case was yeaterday read out in an open court with written detailed account on how the three victims were trailed, abducted and finally murdered in cold blood.
Four Police Officers Fredrick Leliman, Stephen Cheburet, Sylvia Wanjiku, and Leonard Mwangi are charged alongside Police informer Peter Ngugi with the murder of the three victims.
The 2016 murders that shocked the nation and exposed the dark side and rogueness in the Kenyan Police forces, whose management apparently speak against extrajudicial executions, has so far seen 39 prosecution witnesses testify in the trial of one of the worst documented murder organized by cops.
On Monday, Directorate of Criminal Investigations Geoffrey Kinyua read the confession of Ngugi the fifth accused person in the case outlined how the three were trailed, arrested and eventually killed.
In Kenya, Police officers are known popularly as AFANDE! A phrase shortened from “A Fine Day Sir”, and China being the world’s fastest tech innovators have now launched their first-ever robotic patrol Police officer RPO, named WALI.
According to China Police, Wali is powered with advanced 5G technology and high-definition cameras, the smart robot has a facial recognition system and can transmit real-time 360-degree street views back to police stations.
Shanghai’s first robot police officer patrols the streets
As it strolls along the popular shopping district, Wali is intelligent enough to know when the streets get crowded and to remind people to take care of their belongings.
With further system updates, the smart robot is expected to connect passersby with police officers via real-time video calls in the future and provide people in need with assistance 24/7.
Shanghai’s first robot police officer Wali attracted many curious passersby on the busy Nanjing Road since its debut. And Has also attracted a couple of critics as well, just like you’ll expect any tech innovation to have the I’s and Nay’s.
Some of the Chinese said that this will make their Police more lazy as they will only be sitting in the Stations and overfeeding with very less first-hand deep surveillance left to the tech cop, Wali.
This got me thinking, If they introduce this in Nairobi and they leave her alone in the streets, a town where apparently, crooks walk away with sh72Million without firing a bullet and according to DCI, the same heist masterminds had no clue how to use the cash, will she patrol and send the information to the Traffic headquarters along Thika road or she will be the most sought after Police machine because street smarts will walk away with her?
Keeping law and order has been proved to be every countryâs biggest agenda. No one is safe until they feel safe. As much as safety starts with you, there are State personnel specially and specifically deployed to make sure there is law and order.
Keeping law and order in Kenya is the mandate of the Police. Who operate under Kenya police Service. In well and clearly divided divisions, the Kenya Police Service make sure there is law and order as well as justice.
These are the people who make sure that our rights are protected. They make sure thereâs a calm environment that promotes political stability hence economic development. These are same people who literally have the nationâs security details at their hands.
Now, when we start hearing and reporting the cases of police imposters scattered everywhere in our country makes our entire security setup a joke. This causes lots of unnecessary instability. This discloses a lot of loopholes in our security set up. These imposters make people start thinking about how to protect themselves.
Our security system was supposed to guard us internally and externally. This goes with a very thin margin of era. As I write this, I have been a victim couple of times to these police imposters. First was administration Police with a fake combat. Then Traffic police with unmarked reflector jackets and funny radio calls.
But many people get into bad hands of plain clothes officers. A lot of people are extorted by civilians pretending to be corps. This even gets worse when such imposters get hold of the real police radio calls and handcuffs. One wonders if they collude with The Police in service to commit these crimes or they have their way in, to our security system.
Again, I was recently arrested by Police imposters who refused to talk to someone I had saved with a name similar to the Police spokesman. They even refused to take me to a nearby Police station. I had no cash on me and was not willing to provide any. That angered them and made them chain me for more than 5 hours in their Toyota wish car that had dusted plates. I was, fortunately, let loose after getting money from a friend who brought it in cash. They also âcaughtâ other citizens who paid off their freedom.
How will we notice that these arenât the Police? Our security set up works differently according to; who you are. Where do you come from? Where do you stay? Rule and divide.  Divide and rule. Then protect. There is a section of people who canât be arrested without a warrant. There are people who canât be arrested without seeing and verifying the police identifications.
Then there are the majorities who have no clue of what to check, demand or even do. They just get arrested and start negotiating for their release price. Well, everyone should agree with me that that is just the way these Police Officers operate. The public knows that the police will always charge you with an offense. Be it framed or not, no judicial officer cares as far as the police say so.
The police have neglected the fact that they are supposed to introduce themselves. With all the identification of them being hidden, arise the cases of police impersonation. Hidden identities are the cause of all these menaces.
Itâs also the duty of the government to make sure that police identifications and budges are hard to fake and easily recognized by the civilians. Â We all have duty to protect ourselves and others, which includes those who protect us and the nation at large.
Kenya is a failing State and Police are still using colonial tactics to make our streets safer again. We have Police in our countries capital City that care less about law and order yet they are the ones that are mandated to do the very same thing. ‘Kukula na kirauni” that’s what folks know. At night in Nairobi, you get arrested for nothing and you have to pay something to be freed. The system is skewed against men and media has been used to shield this and portraying men as ‘city gangstas’.
If security starts with me, then I have to be well equipped with knowledge concerning the security and part of the basic security details every single citizen should know.
Another case of killing for anger has striked Maralal area.
A senior police officer was on Saturday night shot dead by his junior at their camp in Maralal.
The two are said to have disagreed over the a foreign financial relationship.
Contrary to the story on the ground, Samburu County police commander Karanja Muiruri said the motive of the killing was still unknown.
Explaining the incident, Mr Muiruri said that the junior officer stormed the police camp and opened fire.
He later sprayed Couple of bullets on his boss killing him instantly.
Commander Muiruri said that the suspect was arrested and disarmed after the awful act.
He emphasized that the suspect will be Charged immediately the Police complete their investigation.
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Anonymous Police officer based at the station however said that the suspect got angered when he was forcefully transferred from a construction site that he had been manning.
The body of the late Police boss was taken to Samburu County Referral Hospital Mortuary.
Another case of child defilement at the Lakeside beaches has been reported. The culprit, John Ouma alias Salim was detained by officers from Gingo Police Station while trying to escape after reportedly defiling a high school girl on Friday night. Mr. Ouma a 45 year old non-professional fisherman at Kabwao beach is said to have lured the 16-year-old girl to the neighboring Gingo beach where he repeatedly defiled her.
The Area Assistant County Commissioner Abdimalik Abdullahi said the suspect was caught red handed on the heinous act. He tried to escape after but was later arrested.
Salim was rescued from the blood thirst mob that was ready to lynch him. Â Assistant commissioner said the Police come for his rescue after a tip from the public.
The victim was taken to the Suba South sub-county hospital for medical examination before she was allowed to go home in company of her parents.
The suspect is currently being detained at Gingo Police Station waiting to be charged.
Cases of child abuse, rape and sodomy have really increased on the lakeside. Humanitarian activists have called upon the police to keep the beaches safe and healthy from child molesters and abusers.
Civil and sex education has also been proposed to the groups of fishermen alongside the Lakeside. Through their leaders, they have promised to work in hand with the activists and the police to make sure the beaches are safe.
Months after they were acquired, there has been not a single mission of successful deployment of the VN-4s to report. Key components, including shock absorbers and air conditioning, don’t work. Kenyan officers have misgivings about them; they do not even know how to operate them properly, let alone maintain them. Almost all have been parked since they were commissioned
They were supposed to be the machines that made the difference in the war against terror in the Kenyan story; the ones to turn cops into heroes, and the bad guys into, well, not heroes. But the chronicle of the 30 armoured personnel carriers (APCs) purchased by the Kenya government, in a shroud of secrecy, from China is one that speaks of wanton waste and abundant ineptitude.
At the commissioning of the APCs in February this year, President Uhuru Kenyatta was evidently excited. He extolled the “important milestone” that his administration had attained, in its mission to modernisation the police service. It was, he said, one thing his government had done differently from its predecessors in decades, which would give the cops that much-needed boost in the fight against terrorism, banditry and other forms of crime.
The cost of the APCs was never publically disclosed â no police or military purchase ever is â but they are believed to cost less than US-manufactured ones, which go for close to $1.2 million (Sh120 million) per unit. Available information indicates that Kenya was the second country to acquire the VN-4 APCs, manufactured by China North Industries Corporation (NORINCO) Group.
The only other country known to have the same hardware is the Venezuelan National Guard, under the repressive regime of President NicolĂĄs Maduro. The vehicle’s armour is welded shut and primarily provides protection from small arms fire and splinters from explosives. According to armyrecognition.com, the VN-4 is fitted with an open-roof, and a small turret mounted at the front top hull, armed with a 12.7mm heavy machine gun. Three smoke grenade dischargers are mounted on each side of the turret. It has a top speed of 115 km/h and efficient range of 700 kilometres.
The Nairobi Law Monthly’s investigations have returned a damning verdict, which points to a mega scandal within the Presidency, specifically the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government â the same ministry has previously been accused of appropriating billions of shillings in the space of days in inexplicable expenses; the journalist who reported the story was later arrested for âquestioning’, and was only released after a public outcry
By the time the APCs landed at the port of Mombasa from China, they had not been tested locally; neither had Kenyan police officers, who were to be the primary users, undergone any form of training on how to use or maintain them.
Don’t miss out to get your copy of the August release of Nairobi Law Monthly when they hit the streets the first week of August and get the finer details of what would be one of the biggest scandals to ever hit Jubilee government after Eurobond and NYS scandal.
Following Monday’s IEBC protests that CORD staged countrywide, and that turned murderous with police accused of turning brutal against peaceful demonstrators. According to confirmed reports with grapevines having bigger numbers, a total of three people were shot dead by the police with scores hospitalized with serious injuries.
In what apparently seemed like an order from above, the officers dispersed the crowds using live bullets as opposed to teargas and water cannons that they’ve been using in the past protests leaving to the bloodbath.
In what would be read as a grave warning to the relentless opposition, the police applied ultimate force in containing the situation. The brutality got to the extreme that the silent foreign envoy and human rights lobby groups came out of their mansions to condemn the government for using force.
US ambassador, Goddec, led in calling for a quick solution condemning the brutal police force on citizens.
Despite video evidence showing protestors staging peaceful demos before the police disrupting with teargas and live bullets, the police insisted most of the protestors were violent forcing them to use live ammunition.
The cops being received by CS and Police IG at the Wilson Airport
In a bid to justify the killings in Nyanza, the police did what has now lived to become the biggest muff of the decade, decided to airlift âinjured’ officers from Kisumu to Nairobi for specialized treatment.
Undoubtedly, the event was given maximum publicity with senior security officers from Permanent Secretary to Police IG being on standby at the Wilson airport to receive the injured police officers. All media houses were giving up to the second updates, government social media accounts giving up to microseconds update, the hashtag commandos were pushing the injured cops hashtags, shedding all tears in the world.
Meanwhile, photos from Kisumu Airport where the injured officers were to board their choppers, showed a different story, the officers seemed okay with bandages to their arms to signify slight injuries if there were any.
A journalist covering the event from Kisumu Airport pointed how comical it was to watch one officer who was limping to the chopper then suddenly remembered he had left his luggage behind, dashed off as fit as a fiddle before coming back limping.
The hawkeyed Kenyans on social media sensed foul play pointing out blunders. Most of the injured officers were seniors in the ranks, traditionally in violent situations; the senior officers wouldn’t take front lead exposing them to danger.
Nearly all of them were injured to the arms and specifically to the left, a coincidence that threw all eyebrows up the forehead. Officers who were pictured walking to the choppers by themselves in Kisumu on reaching Wilson now couldn’t walk by themselves, had to be helped and taken away in stretchers. All red flags.
Instead of taking the officers to the Forces Memorial where injured officers are treated or even Kenyatta Hospital the government’s facility, they were taken to a down small hospital in Nairobi West; some commentators even called it a brothel hospital whatever that is.
The thing here is, this was a misguided propaganda meant to gain public sympathy and justify the brutality and killings of the police an issue that was piling pressure on the state from local and foreign bodies.
However, this move that would also be read as a justification for police brutality on citizens shortly acted in the opposite by humiliating the police force which before the public should be seen as immortal and robust enough to protect them.
Now here we saw brutalized police who were now overpowered by civilians with rungus and stones yet the police had guns. The police in this move came out as overwhelmed by the demonstrating civilians. It would also expose the police for future assaults should any protest arise.
The desperate measure led to even a hopeless situation, and now we have a weak police force before the face of the world which isn’t the case. If the officers were indeed injured Jaramogi referral hospital in Kisumu or Eldoret, have the capacity to handle such. Using the police to score political points is misguided and ended up deflating the police muscles before the public eye. A deadpan propaganda gaffe.
