Nakuru County Police Commander, Samuel Ndanyi has promised that the officer who shot and injured a journalist will be arrested and charged.
Addressing Journalists at the Nakuru Central Police Station, Ndanyi said that he initially thought that the police would had the matter but later transferred it to IPOA to avoid conflict of Interest.
Wanjeri is admitted at the Rift Valley Provincial General Hospital Annex where she had a surgery to remove three rubber bullets lodged in her thigh."I am greatly sorry for what transpired yesterday, the matter will be quickly to find the circumstances leading to the shooting," he said.
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