A police pistol that had been missing for four days was found abandoned outside the home of a retired cop in Iten, Elgeyo Marakwet County.
The Ceska pistol with 15 bullets had been
missing since May 30, when a senior officer who had it said he was attacked and
robbed of the same.
A colleague on terminal leave said he woke up
on Monday and found luggage dumped at his gate, and when he checked, he found
the pistol with the bullets and a mobile phone.
The Inspector of police who had the weapon was
arrested for losing the weapon.
He was issued the Ceska pistol with the
bullets on May 29 for official duties, but failed to return it three days later.
He was later asked to return the weapon after
he had attended the Madaraka Day celebrations, but failed to do so.
The officer claimed he had left the weapon in his
residential house, prompting his colleagues to visit there for a search in
vain.
He then changed the narrative and claimed he
was attacked on May 30 by six people who robbed him of the firearm in the
area.
He added that the gang escaped on a
motorcycle. He had failed to report the incident as required
This prompted the other officers to arrest him
pending investigations into the same.
All officers issued with firearms are supposed
to return them to the armoury daily or after the assignment.
Police said they are investigating the incident.
Meanwhile, a junior police officer is nursing gunshot wounds after he shot and injured himself in the leg at his workstation in Hulugho, Garissa County.
The officer had been asleep in his house and
was supposed to report to work on Monday morning when the incident happened.
This is after he was tripped by a mosquito net
in his house.
He told his seniors he had kept his CZ rifle
under his mattress and was struggling to remove it when the mosquito net
accidentally held and tripped him.
He then accidentally discharged nine bullets.
One bullet hit his left sole in the chaos. He
was attended to and rushed to the hospital in stable condition.
Police said they are investigating the incident.
The area is troubled by cases of terrorism at
large.
This has pushed many police officers operating there to work under pressure to contain the incidents.
