Drunkard in court for groping police woman at busaa den during raid

A 32-year-old guy has been accused of engaging in an indecent act with an adult after it was reported that he fondled a female police officer’s breast during a raid at an illegal drinking establishment in Makongeni, Nairobi.

According to section 11(a) of the Sexual Offenses Act of 2006, Erick Kibagendi is accused of purposefully caressing the police officer’s breast without getting her permission.

The accused person is also accused of beating up police constable Rodgers Wandera, who was on duty at the time, in violation of section 103(a) of the National Police Service (NPS) Act of 2011.

A second allegation of resisting an arrest by a police officer in violation of the NPS Act is also brought against Mr. Kibangendi.

When the public informed PC Wandera and his two female colleagues that there was a residence where partygoers were consuming busaa, a popular traditional brew, they were on patrol in the area.

When the officers arrived at the premises, they discovered drunks, among them Mr. Kibangendi. While his two female coworkers stood guard at the front door, the male officer entered the residence to search it.

After being questioned about why he had indecently assaulted the woman, Mr. Kibangendi is said to have gone to the door that the female police officers were guarding and touched one of them on her breast and threatened them.

He is alleged to have warned the officers that they would not be going anywhere and dared them to do what they could.

He allegedly resisted the three officers’ attempts to restrain him and struck PC Wandera with a blunt weapon, wounding him.
He was ultimately subdued and taken into custody by the officers before being held at Makongeni Police Station.

Before Senior Principal Magistrate Hellen Okwani of the Makadara Law Courts, the accused refuted the accusations. He testified before the court that he has no memory of the incident because he was intoxicated at the time.

The accused further asserted that the police officers hurt him and that he lost Sh6,500 during the arrest.