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PROTESTS | Vehicles pelted with stones along Thika Highway in a rare show of support for beleaguered service
Transport along Thika Highway was paralysed for the better part of yesterday as Githurai residents held protests demanding the release of a police officer accused of murder. Police had to lob tear gas canisters to disperse the crowd that pelted vehicles with stones and burned tyres during the rare demo. They also used water canons in the exercise. The protesters demanded the immediate release of Constable Titus Musila, popularly known in Githurai as Katitu, saying he had helped to reduce crime in Githurai 45, Zimmerman and Githurai Kimbo. Shot six times
The policeman was on Friday last week charged with the death of a man shot dead in 2013. He is also being investigated by the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) over the killing of a key suspect in the case. Mr Oscar Muchoki Mwangi was shot six times on August 24, three days after the Director of Public Prosecutions, Mr Keriako Tobiko, ordered the arrest and prosecution of the officer attached to Kasarani Police Station in Nairobi. Mr Mwangi was among witnesses expected to give evidence against the officer after the killing of his younger brother, Mr Kenneth Kimani Mwangi, who was shot dead on April 14, last year.
Both killings happened in Githurai where the two brothers lived. But residents said both men were known criminals and therefore Mr Musila should not be arrested or prosecuted for “doing his work well”. The locals said they would continue blocking the road until the policeman was released and allowed to continue serving there. “We want Katitu back here, he had helped eliminate criminals in the area and was not taking bribes like other officers in Kasarani Division. The man he shot and killed last weekend was a notorious criminal,” said a resident who only identified himself as Josiah.
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Transport along Thika Highway was paralysed for the better part of yesterday as Githurai residents held protests demanding the release of a police officer accused of murder. Police had to lob tear gas canisters to disperse the crowd that pelted vehicles with stones and burned tyres during the rare demo. They also used water canons in the exercise. The protesters demanded the immediate release of Constable Titus Musila, popularly known in Githurai as Katitu, saying he had helped to reduce crime in Githurai 45, Zimmerman and Githurai Kimbo. Shot six times
The policeman was on Friday last week charged with the death of a man shot dead in 2013. He is also being investigated by the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) over the killing of a key suspect in the case. Mr Oscar Muchoki Mwangi was shot six times on August 24, three days after the Director of Public Prosecutions, Mr Keriako Tobiko, ordered the arrest and prosecution of the officer attached to Kasarani Police Station in Nairobi. Mr Mwangi was among witnesses expected to give evidence against the officer after the killing of his younger brother, Mr Kenneth Kimani Mwangi, who was shot dead on April 14, last year.
Both killings happened in Githurai where the two brothers lived. But residents said both men were known criminals and therefore Mr Musila should not be arrested or prosecuted for “doing his work well”. The locals said they would continue blocking the road until the policeman was released and allowed to continue serving there. “We want Katitu back here, he had helped eliminate criminals in the area and was not taking bribes like other officers in Kasarani Division. The man he shot and killed last weekend was a notorious criminal,” said a resident who only identified himself as Josiah.
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