CRY FOR JUSTICE

Abstract

The Commission on Administrative Justice was prompted to undertake this investigation suo motu, by a news item which featured in the 9.00pm Citizen TV news on the 18th June 2014. In the news clip, Mr. Stephen Mwita Juma alleged that police officers from Industrial Area Police Station had failed to take action on an assault case that he had reported at the station on the 15th May, 2014. Mr. Mwita complained that he had been assaulted by the proprietor of one of the premises he guards along Road “A” in Industrial Area. The proprietor had assaulted him jointly with several of his employees. The complainant claimed that he had reported the matter at Industrial Area Police Station vide OB No.18/15/5/2014. He further said that he was given a P3 Form at the station which he returned to the police station after a doctor had completed it. He lamented that he thereafter visited the police station several times but did not get police assistance. This necessitated his going to the media.