Kenyans on Twitter are up in arms after police broke into the house of one of the admins for popular Facebook page, Buyer Beware, Mildred Owiso aka Atty.
The police did not only break into her house but they went further and killed her dog on Saturday morning.
The group of police also teargased Atty’s house when they raided her home.
Atty streamed the ugly event on her Facebook page before the police grabbed her and took her to the police station.
According to sources, Atty was arrested for inciting the public to attack a policeman entered her car along Jogoo road.
Traffic Act Section 105 states that any police officer in uniform is allowed to stop any vehicle on the road and enter it during the routine inspection.
IT SHALL BE LAWFUL FOR ANY POLICE OFFICER IN UNIFORM TO STOP ANY VEHICLE, AND FOR ANY POLICE OFFICER, LICENSING OFFICER OR INSPECTOR, (A) TO ENTER ANY VEHICLE; (B) TO DRIVE ANY VEHICLE OR CAUSE ANY VEHICLE TO BE DRIVEN; (C) UPON REASONABLE SUSPICION OF ANY OFFENSE UNDER THIS ACT, TO ORDER AND REQUIRE THE OWNER OF ANY VEHICLE TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO HIM,’ THE ACT READS IN PART.
The action made her trend on twitter, some of the reactions from Kenyans on social media are as follows;
Legit Daily Rogue Police officers have killed a dog, teargassed a residential area & destroyed property just but to arrest Mildred Owiso for refusing to bribe a cop. What country do we live in? I thought police officers should be the 1st to set an example. Unacceptable! #FreeAtty.
Edwin Sifuna This is totally unacceptable! What grudge does the @NPSOfficial_KE
hold against this lady because this isn’t the first time. She must be freed unconditionally and an unreserved apology rendered by @IG_NPS. The police is supposed to be a service not a force.
