A police boss who watched as Nandi Governor Stephen Sang destroyed tea bushes at the Kibwari Tea Estate earlier in the month has been recalled to Nairobi.
Nandi County Police Commander Thomas Ngeiywo was summoned to the Kenya Police Service Headquarters in Nairobi, days after the incident.
The June 8, 2019 incident attracted national attention after the county boss landed on the private establishment in Nandi Hills with a power saw, before calling in county bulldozers.
He claimed that the crop was planted on grabbed public land meant for a cattle dip, as the police boss reportedly watched and failed to take any action to prevent the destruction.
Ngeiywo has since been replaced by Samuel Ole Line who was serving in Trans Nzoia in the same capacity. Kine was confirmed the new area police boss on Tuesday.
Sang's actions landed him in police custody and later in court, before he was released on June 10, but has since vowed to continue pushing for the rights of his constituents.
“I want to serve a notice to all those who have perpetuated this impunity and trampled on the poor that it shall not be business as usual. And if to defend the rights of the poor against masters of impunity will take me to court, that is the road I am very much prepared to travel the whole hog,” said Sang after his release.
He was detained and arraigned in the neighbouring Kisumu County, after allegedly hiding from the police for two days.