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PHOTOS: Nairobi County askaris rough up, harass motorcycle rider delivering goods

This man, who parked his motorcycle in a relatively free space to deliver goods for a client in Nairobi’s Mfangano Street, was roughed up by these county officials as they sought to arrest him.

In what could have been a polite understanding between this messenger and the county officials, it turned brutal when he met the wrath of the city council Askaris.

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