This archive report was first published on 19 June 2020.
On June 19, 2020, a community policing member in Kisii, Kenya, lost his life after being seriously injured during a raid on an illicit brew den at Nyamemiso in Kisii central.
Isaac Nyanchoka, a long-serving community policing member, was allegedly hit on the head by a daughter of a notorious illicit brewer, Jackline Kemenchu, whose premise they had raided in the company of local national administration officials.
Authorities launched a manhunt for the suspect, as well as a police imposter, who was known to the brewer and had been accompanying her during government raids.
During the raid, a total of over 4,000 litres of liquor commonly known as Kangara and 40 litres of Chang'aa, another commonly brewed liquor, were destroyed.
The brewer is also suspected of peddling hard drugs.
Community policing Chairperson Stephen Onsare condemned the attack on the member and petitioned the government to ensure justice was done.
