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  1. By NICHOLAS NGOLYOPosted Wednesday, January 6 2010 at 15:35

    A British Army officer on Wednesday denied assaulting a senior police officer and using derogatory words against him.

    He is alleged to have called the officer a “black monkey.”

    David Robins was arraigned before Kibera senior principal magistrate Grace Nzioka under tight security.

    But the army man denied two charges of assault and creating a disturbance. He was released on a Sh50,000 bond with a surety of similar amount.

    Mrs Nzioka also ordered Mr Robins, attached to Kifaru Barracks, to deposit his passport with the court. The case will be heard on March 16.

    The prosecutor, chief inspector Francis Ndiema told the court on January 5 at Parklands Ojijo Roundabout, Nairobi, that the Briton unlawfully assaulted the Officer in-charge of Parklands (OCS), Chief Inspector Stephen Okal.

    The court heard that at the time of the said assault the OCS was acting in due of execution of his duty.

    Another charge stated that the accused created disturbance in a manner likely to cause a breach of the peace by using racist remarks “…….black monkey” to Mr Okal at the time of execution of his duty.

    The police claims that the accused was driving on the wrong side on Limuru road towards the roundabout when he was stopped only to hurl abuse at the police.

    In another incident in neighbouring Tanzania last December, a Canadian diplomat was recalled after he spat at a policeman directing traffic on a busy intersection.

    Tanzanian media reported that ‘angered’ by a traffic jam, the envoy opened his car window and spat at the policeman.

    The Foreign ministry said the incident was a humiliation, not just to the police officer but the entire country as well.

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    Submitted by bsaoke
    Posted januari 06, 2010 10:24 PM

    If the mzungu did exactly the same thing in the UK to a any black policeman, he would be jailed, no kidding. But don’t forget that is Kenya… some junior diplomat from the High Commission will go to Wetangula and the criminal will go scot free

    Submitted by The_Reformer
    Posted januari 06, 2010 10:23 PM

    You know why this guys do it? Because we are Stupid.Yes, we allow them to order us around even after ‘independence, we go with begging bowls for funding, and they know we can’t a damn thing about it.WHo says we are free? why are we still in the commonwealth?How can you keep friends with someone who attacked you, raped your wife and humiliated you?The Brits are good at what they call’winning hearts and minds’We need to wake up as Africans.

    Submitted by pinakin
    Posted januari 06, 2010 08:30 PM

    In reply to mhd. It is prudent to check all facts before critisizing the kenyan security forces. The british are not a backbone of kenyan security. They only train in kenya. If they cannot respect the country then they should be told to leave.

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