The Inspector General (IG) of the National Police Service (NPS), Japhet Koome, has denied allegations of the police arresting Meru Governor Kawira Mwangaza. In an announcement made on Thursday, Koome clarified that the Meru governor willingly entered a police vehicle and later exited the same vehicle.
“The National Police Service wishes to refute claims that police arrested Meru Governor Kawira Mwangaza on October 18, 2023, and clarify to the public that the Governor of Meru on her volition, boarded a police vehicle and thereafter voluntarily disembarked from the same vehicle,” Koome said.
He noted that the governor who spoke after the incident only protested heavy police presence at the event, not an arrest.
“In fact, the Governor in her own press release dated October 18, 2023, does not mention that police arrested her, other than that there was “heavy police” presence in her meeting,” said Koome.
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Moreover, the Inspector General emphasized that the police force will persist in adhering steadfastly to the Constitution, maintaining operational autonomy, impartiality, and political neutrality in its duty to uphold law and order.
“Article 239 (3) of the Constitution provides that in performing its functions and exercising its powers as one of the national security organs, the National Police Service “shall not act in a partisan manner, further any interest of a political party or cause; or prejudice a political interest or political cause that is legitimate under the Constitution,” he said.
