IG Kanja anachukua hatua kiutawala dhidi ya maafisa 6 wakubwa juu ya tukio la Nandi Hills

Inspekta Jenerali wa Polisi Douglas Kanja ameamuru hatua za kiutawala mara moja dhidi ya makamanda sita wakubwa wa polisi kufuatia shambulio la kikatili katika ukumbi wa kucheza pool huko Nandi Hills. Video ya CCTV ya dakika nane iliyoenea mtandaoni inaonyesha maafisa wakipiga vijana na fimbo, na kusababisha ghadhabu ya taifa. Utafiti wa Kitengo cha Mambo ya Ndani ulipendekeza hatua hizi, ambazo Kanja amekubali.

Tukio hilo lilitokea Januari 10, 2026, katika ukumbi wa burudani huko mji wa Nandi Hills, ambapo maafisa walio na jeuri na fimbo walivamia eneo hilo. Video inaonyesha vijana kumi na wawili wakilazimishwa chini kabla ya baadhi yao kupigwa. Sauti inasikika maafisa wakidai kadi za utambulisho, na hali ikazidi wakati mmoja alipojaribu kuondoka.

Baada ya video kuenea mitandaoni, viongozi mashuhuri kama Seneta wa Nandi Samson Cherargei na Mbunge wa Embakasi East Babu Owino walilaani shambulio hilo. Hali hii imewasha tena mjadala kuhusu unyanyasaji wa polisi nchini Kenya, na wananchi wakidai uwajibikaji na mageuzi katika Huduma ya Polisi ya Taifa.

Kutoka kwa taarifa ya NPS: "Hatua hii inazingatia makamanda wa eneo ili kuhakikisha wanawajibika kikamilifu kwa tabia zote ndani ya maeneo yao." NPS imetoa pole kwa wahasiriwa na kuahidi kushughulikia vitendo haramu kwa mujibu wa sheria. Maafisa wanaowajibika ni pamoja na Kamanda wa Polisi wa Wilaya ya Tinderet, OCS wa Songoh na Nandi Hills, pamoja na wale wa RDU, GSU na ASTU Songoh Camp.

Hatua za kiutawala hazijatajwa wazi, lakini kwa kawaida zinajumuisha kusimamishwa, kuhamishwa, onyo au kufutwa kazi. NPS inasisitiza wajibu wa kitaalamu kwa maafisa wote.

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