The Labour Court has temporarily ceased the transfer of 194 police officers following the death of 25 sheep in Narok pending hearing of the case.
The ruling was issued by Justice Nduma Nderi.
This followed a case filed by activist Memba Ocharo through his lawyer Danstan Omari arguing that the transfer of the officers was illegal.
According to lawyer Omari, his client Ocharo had been approached by the police officers who are serving in Narok East Sub County to represent their grievances that their transfer was illegal as it didn’t follow the required processes.
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According to the document read in the court, a non-injured incident involving livestock occurred along the Narok- Mai Mahiu highway, resulting to the death of 25 sheep.
This made members of the local community to protest along the highway demanding immediate compensation for their killed animals making the police officers from Narok East Sub County to respond to the protest.
Since the attempts to calm them were unsuccessful, it led to confrontations where teargas and black ammunition were used to disperse the protesters.
Allegedly, several officers were injured including one officer whose arm was severed and another who suffered a deep wound.
The National Police Service (NPS) and IG Douglas Kanja were sued for proceeding mass orders of transfers of police officers involved in the incident.
Regarding the transfers, Ocharo argued that the police officers were not given prior notice, facilitation and consideration of their medical and family situations.
He added that the abrupt transfers have disrupted the education of the officers’ children as well as children who are being forced to drop out of school.
