{"id":4335,"date":"2024-12-27T05:39:32","date_gmt":"2024-12-27T02:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/?p=4335"},"modified":"2024-12-27T05:39:32","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T02:39:32","slug":"former-gatundu-mp-slapped-several-times-by-a-langata-traffic-cop-for-asking-directions-kenyantraffic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/former-gatundu-mp-slapped-several-times-by-a-langata-traffic-cop-for-asking-directions-kenyantraffic\/","title":{"rendered":"Video &#8211; Traffic policeman rains blows and kicks on Former Gatundu MP who asked him for directions @KenyanTraffic"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fb-video\" data-allowfullscreen=\"true\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NairobiNewsKE\/videos\/342203463396135\/\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block;\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">Former Gatundu North MP Clement Kungu Waibara needed medical attention after he was allegedly slapped several times by a Lang\u2019ata traffic officer for asking directions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">Mr Kungu claims that last week, while being driven by his wife and with two other passengers, they stopped at T-Mall roundabout and he alighted to inquire about directions from a traffic officer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">He wanted to know the\u00a0shortest route to Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">In his police statement, Mr Kungu said one of the officers manning the road started pushing and slapping him on the face, injuring him on his left eye and cheek.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">Another traffic officer intervened and rescued Mr Waibara.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">The former MP claims was treated by his doctor who advised him to make a formal assault complaint.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">Police are investigating the assault.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Gatundu North MP Clement Kungu Waibara needed medical attention after he was allegedly slapped several times by a Lang\u2019ata traffic officer for asking directions. Mr Kungu claims that last week, while being driven by his wife and with two other passengers, they stopped at T-Mall roundabout and he alighted to inquire about directions from&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4341,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"yes","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1905],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pej6K6-17V","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-content\/uploads\/police-slaps-magaripoa.jpg?fit=1440%2C900&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4335\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}