Police boss Hillary Mutyambai has ordered immediate hospitalisation of a female Administration Police officer who publicly protested against being posted to areas where making money is hard early this week.
The cop said she had been assigned the lucrative task of manning an exam container in Kakamega, but was withdrawn from that duty four days later because her bosses thought she would make a lot of money from the posting
Jane Asimizi was captured on video ranting about unfair treatment by her bosses, alleging she has often been condemned to non-lucrative tasks because she is a native of Turkana County.
Asimizi also alleged that she was withdrawn from the container-guarding duty because she could not bribe her bosses to let her continue with the lucrative task.
“I have had enough of being frustrated and intimidated, why can’t my bosses treat me fairly?” She posed.
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“I have now resorted to speak out, even if it would cost me my job. All along, they post me to areas where I cannot easily access money. Why? Is it because I am from the Turkana ethnic community, which is a minority group in Kenya? I am in Kakamega because I am married to a man from the Luhya ethnic group.”
“I am fed up, and I want my gripe to reach my bosses in Nairobi, and [even the Interior minister] Fred Matiang’i. For the lengthy period that I have served in the disciplined forces, I have never breached any regulations. My seniors can bear me witness.
With such unappealing postings, I am only left with my salary to survive on. Special tasks such as exam container-guarding duties often allows a cop to make extra money,” she said.
Asimizi’s rant has reached IG Mutyambai, who said that it was unprofessional of the cop to publicly air her work-related frustrations.
“The woman’s frustrations ought to have been channeled through private avenues. As a police officer, she shouldn’t have gone public to express her anger. I have given instructions for the officer to be taken to hospital [for mental examination]. We are managing the matter without raising hullabaloo about it,” Mutyambai a popular media house on Friday, October 18.
Asimizi’s direct boss, Leonard Omollo, who is the Western Kenya deputy regional police commander, said that the AP officer lied about being originally assigned to man the exam container.
“I would like to state categorically that nobody deployed that officer to guard that container,” said Omollo.
