This archive report was first published on 15 October 2019.
On October 15, 2019, a Milimani court handed down a Sh200,000 fine to IDDI Juma Njuguna, a tout who had been impersonating a police officer in downtown Nairobi.
Njuguna's actions, which included arresting and demanding bribes from small-scale traders at the intra-city PSV terminus, caught up with him after he was cornered and beaten by the traders he had targeted.
According to court records, Njuguna had falsely claimed to be a police officer attached to Pangani police station, and had even arrested four people on October 9, bundling them into a government vehicle and demanding money.
However, the traders soon discovered that Njuguna was actually an attendant at the Rongai PSV stage, and they took matters into their own hands, beating him thoroughly before he was rescued by police officers on patrol and rushed to hospital.
Magistrate Jane Kamau fined Njuguna Sh50,000 for each of the four counts of impersonating a police officer, bringing the total to Sh200,000. In default, Njuguna will serve a six-month jail term.
