Shooting of boda boda rider was uncalled for

On Tuesday, Daniel Mburu, a boda boda rider, was fatally shot by an Administration Police officer at Mama Lucy Hospital in Nairobi. It is alleged that before he was shot, he was accosted and taken into custody by hospital guards for accessing the premises while on his motorbike - contrary to hospital regulations that require motorbikes to be parked outside the premises.

Mburu, 24, drove past the hospital gate because he was trying to help a child who had drowned to get emergency care. He sped past the gate, proceeded to the emergency reception area and carried the child into hospital, thereby saving a life.