Assistant Chief Esther Masasi was allegedly accosted by 10 fishermen from Uganda who ordered her to accompany them to a police station manned by Ugandan officers. The Kenyan AP, who was at the beach, tried to intervene but the Ugandan officers turned on him and started battering him together with the administrator. The administrator said the Ugandan policemen questioned her legality as an administrator of the contested island, which they claimed should now be manned by the Ugandan government. "They came and found me near the beach where fishermen were offloading their catch and they informed me that I was required at the police station, which is manned by Ugandan officers, saying their police chief, Sergeant Denis Nenis, had summoned me in his office. I told them that that was not the best way to summon me and they pulled me off my seat and started raining blows and kicks on me," she narrated. Corporal Samwel Ocharo of Kenya, who was nearby, tried to rescue her but the attackers descended on him too, leaving him with serious injuries.
A beach official blamed the Kenyan government for taking the security of its people on the island for granted. "We currently have only four police officers in this place when the Ugandans have about 30," said the official. As the scuffle ensued, more policemen from the Ugandan side started beating Kenyan fishermen, spreading tension on the island. The incident on Saturday afternoon happened three days after the same policemen arrested Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) officials who had gone to register voters on the island. The officials were later released after alleged manhandling by Ugandan security forces.
For me, it is also an incredible shock - tuko.co.ke! Even I can not imagine how it all happened, and why some people can afford to relax in the workplace. For this you must be punished, and moreover is very strict, including all the necessary methods.
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