A Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) soldier has been handed over to the military police for discipline by local law enforcement agents after he misused his firearm in a Thursday, July 14 incident.
According to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) the officer opened fire at a bodaboda rider who had just dropped his 21-year-old daughter home at night.
“A bodaboda rider cheated death by a whisker last evening, after a man whose daughter he had just dropped at Syokimau in Machakos county, fired at him in rage,” a statement from the DCI read in part.
The sleuths say that Wycliffe Atendo, an online bodaboda operator in Nairobi had received a request from a client to drop her at White House estate, in Syokimau.
“Atendo picked up the client a 21-year-old lady outside a pharmacy along Kimathi street and set off for the 20-kilometre journey. The duo arrived at the agreed address and as the woman was about to pay him, a man quickly emerged from the gate and gave her a beating like a rented mule, before showing her into the compound,” the statement from DCI read in part.
Police say that while the bodaboda rider was thinking of his next move, the enraged man whipped out a firearm and fired at him instead, making him flee the scene for dear life.
“The rider reported the incident at Syokimau police station and our officers responded swiftly. They established that the man was a military doctor who was armed with a Glock pistol and 42 rounds of 9mm calibre.
The man was arrested and handed over to military police for further action, in accordance with military discipline,” the DCI stated.
