Man Arrested for Taking Pictures of Policemen Collecting Bribe from Commercial Motorists

 

A courageous young man named Thompson Ntiedo,  probably with the intention of uploading on the social media took pictures of policemen while they were traditionally negotiating a bribe with a  commercial vehicle driver on Tuesday the 23rd of June, 2015.
The policeman spotted him and he was swiftly arrested. He was allegedly detained for 3 hours but released due to the advocacy of human rights activists.
Ntiedo narrated his ordeal on social media:

“I was in a commercial bus when we got to the area and one of the policemen on the road was demanding that our driver bribe him. I brought out my phone and captured him and they saw me. They dragged me out of the bus and seized the phone I used to take the pictures.

They said I was under arrest but I begged that they should delete the pictures and release me but they refused.

The next thing, they called the station and a patrol van appeared and they demanded that I enter because the DPO wants to see me. I was there from 6pm to 9pm.

Afterwards, they asked me to go home and report back by 9am the following day. But before I was released, I had to call one of my brothers with my second phone to come and bail me after parting with some money."