Traffic Police and officers from the Ethics and Anti Corruption Commission (EACC) in Kisumu have clashed regarding the casualties that were reported when EACC officers raided a police roadblock in Mamboleo last Wednesday.
In the incident, one traffic officer was shot while the other fractured his leg when the EACC officers ambushed them at the Kisumu-Kakamega Highway, claiming that the traffic officers were collecting bribes from motorists.
Traffic officer Gladys Chemutai was shot in the knee while her colleague Frederick Matunda fractured his leg.
Marwa Mwita was apprehended, alongside Matunda. Other three traffic officers were also nabbed at Riat area.
A blamegame has now erupted on who fired the shots that rented the air during the scuffle, with each side blaming the other.
EACC officers have denied claims that they shot at the traffic, hitting Chemutai in the knee, as is being claimed by the police.
"Our officers did not shoot. That is their allegation," said EACC Nyanza boss Aura Chibole as quoted by Nation.
But at the same time, Kondele Police Station OCS James Nderitu claims that the EACC officers shot the traffic officers in the course of subduing them.
"The suspected EACC officers shot at them in order to subdue them," said Nderitu in a report addressed to Kisumu county and Nyanza crime desks.
Also, it remains unclear the amount of money the traffic officers were found with, with the Nation establishing that the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) is now investigating the conduct of the EACC officials.
The two sides have also clashed on whether traffic officers should be armed with guns.
None of the involved officers has been arraigned in court so far.