Policewoman Assaulted By Ruto’s Pilot Awarded For Courage

Corporal Mercy Wandera many not be a name any one remembers.

However, everyone knows of the story where a female police officer was assaulted by a white man acting as the Deputy President’s pilot. While everyone seems to have moved on, especially the government, an NGO has now moved in to award her courage.

The NGO, Aids Reality Awareness Campaign and Drugs Abuse Prevention Surveillance (ARECA-DAPS) has said the corporal actions, helped stabilize an incident which could have been volatile and end up embarrassing the Deputy President.

The NGO awarded the corporal a Community based Hero Award which she will receive through the Inspector General of police Joseph Boinnet.