Calls to have traffic officers offered guns for protection have intensified after recent increase of assaulted cases against traffic officers.
This has been fueled by yet another assault case against a female police officer on Thursday night around Swamp Area on Kikuyu Road ny a civilian.
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In a viral video that has now hit social media for the better part of Friday, the cop is seen crying with several people holding back a man believed to have assaulted the officer.
It is not yet clear what led to the confrontation between the officer and the civilian, but it is believed there was disagreement between the two before the situation escalated further.
Kenyans on social media have called for the government to give firearms to traffic police officers to not only protect themselves against attacks by civilians but also scare away any civilian having such thoughts of fighting officers.
This comes barely days after Ian Njoroge was arrested for assaulting a 57 year old police officer in Kasarani area in Nairobi for demanding a Ksh 10,000 bribe from him on Sunday for committing a traffic offence.
Ian who was arraigned in court today was however released on a Ksh 700,000 Bond, a process that he failed to complete to secure the bond, thus will spend the weekend in custody and complete it on Monday to be released.
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Police are however yet to release a statement on the female traffic police officers who was assaulted and arrests are yet to be made on the same. NewsProjector will keep you updated on the same.