Police forced to shoot in air as micro-finance attempts to repossess motorbike

Police were forced in air after a mission to recover a motorbike from a loan defaulter turned into a messy affair in Kitale.

According to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), irate boda boda riders attacked a team of from Mogo Credit micro-finance who were out to recover the motorbike from the loan defaulter.

“What began as a scuffle degenerated into full-scale chaos, as angry boda boda riders engaged police and officials from mogo credit in running battles, bringing business in the busy agricultural town into a standstill,”

The DCI further explains that trouble started when an officer from the micro-finance institution identified as  Barasa Simiyu approached Lessos stage and attempted to forcefully recover the motorbike from the rider by grabbing the ignition keys.

The police were, however, forced to fire two rounds in the air to disperse boda boda riders who pelted them with stones as they defended one of their own from having his bike repossessed.

The boda boda riders accused the micro-finance of “high-handedness and being out of touch with the prevailing business realities.”

Two police officers sustained injuries as they tried to calm the situation.

MISSION TO RECOVER MOTORBIKE FROM LOAN DEFAULTER FACES RESISTANCE AS BODA BODA RIDERS COME TO THE AID OF THEIR OWN

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