Yesterday anger swept the hearts of Karatina residents as 45 high school students were arrested for smoking weed, taking alcohol and engaging in sexual behavior in a city matatu.
Residents of Kibirigwi and Kiangwachi, along Karatina-Nairobi highway were amazed after spotting the bus, which played loud music. What’s shocked even more is what the girls and boys were engaging in.
The residents tried to chase the bus along the highway in vain but luckily it was intercepted by the police officers at a road block in Kiangwachi. Officers at the Kiangwachi Police Post said that after a search, they found rolls of bhang, tobacco and matchboxes under the seats of the matatu. One girl however had hidden rolls of bhang and matchbox in her underpants.
Kirinyaga County Director of Education Elizabeth Karani said the 33-seater matatu was intercepted along the highway by officers from the Sagana Traffic Police base. She said she later contacted the County Police Commander and the County Commissioner to ensure proper action is taken against the driver and conductor of the vehicle.
A Form Four girl arrested during the incident pleaded guilty to being in possession of bhang. Her friends are believed to have thrown away drugs and alcohol before they were arrested.The Kanyama Secondary School student, appeared before Baricho Principal Magistrate Evans Keago. The court ordered that the girl be remanded in custody at the Sagana Police Station until August 11 for mention and presentation of a social enquiry report.
Parents of the student caught Thursday with several rolls of bhang hidden in her underwear wept as their daughter was arraigned in court to face charges of possessing narcotics.
Disturbing pictures of the girl semi-nude as police searched for drugs hidden on her private parts were circulated widely on social media, prompting a backlash against the officers.
The driver and the conductor of the matatu were fined Sh45,000 and Sh30,000, respectively.
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