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Medical worker awarded Sh1.5m for police assault

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Ogero testified that he was going about his business at Nambale on his motorcycle when without any form of provocation, officer Jibril Shabel hit him across the face with a baton. [iStockphoto]

A medical worker assaulted by two police officers during Covid-19 curfew restrictions has been awarded Sh1.5 million.

Inspector General of Police Japheth Koome, Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki and the Directorate of Public Prosecutions have been fined the sum for breaching the dignity of the medical worker, James Atogo Ogero on March 28, 2020.

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