2 police officers accused of assaulting mask hawker detained for 15 days

Police officers constable Masinde Baraza and Duncan Kiprono when they appeared before Milimani Principal Magistrate Benmark Ekhubi on Thursday, June 19, 2025. PHOTO/Zipporah Ngwatu

A Nairobi court on Thursday, June 19, 2025, ordered the detention of two police officers—Constables Masinde Baraza and Duncan Kiprono—for 15 days.

The officers are linked to the assault and shooting of a mask hawker during protests in the Nairobi Central Business District on Tuesday, June 17.

Milimani Principal Magistrate Benmark Ekhubi directed that the two be held at the Capitol Hill Police Station pending investigations.

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