The National Police Service (NPS) and the Independent Police Oversight Authority (IPOA) intervened after the deadly clashes between police officers and residents paralysed operations at the Duka Moja Trading Center in Narok County.
As a result of the volatile situation, the government ordered the transfer of all the police officers from two of the stations involved in quelling the Friday protests which are the Duka Moja and Ntulele Police stations.
This was announced during a peace meeting on Saturday where security officials engaged the residents in a bid to bring calm back to the area. "I want to assure you that by Monday, we will have transferred all the officers and replaced them with a new batch," William Ole Yiampoi, the Director of Operations at NPS, announced.
Carcasses block a road during protests in Narok (left) and an injured police officer during the clash Photo Kenyans.co.ke "We will not just bring any police officers but we will ensure they have a clean record and have not had any infractions in their previous posts." Following the death of 39 sheep after being run over by a speeding Prado on Thursday night, herders took to the highway to demonstrate the grim occurrence on Friday paralysing transport operations on the busy road.
