A DILIGENT TRAFFIC POLICE OFFICER RECEIVES DEATH THREATS FROM POACHERS AFTER REFUSING TO TAKE BRIBE: An officer attached to the traffic department has recorded a statement with the police saying he received a life-threatening message from poachers. Two months ago, Corporal David Chumo was commended for upholding ethics and for his spirited efforts in conserving the environment and for intercepting game meat along the Narok-Mai Mahiu road. He is also seeking protection after a text message sent to his mobile phone warned him that he would be shot dead. Mr Chumo is attached to Ntulele police station. In the text message, the sender threatened the officer with a mysterious death for arresting the senders “brothers” who, the message sender said, were on a mission to fetch food for their children. #MYSTERIOUS_DEATH The message read, “Hi chumo, hope you know us, you have arrested and jailed our brothers while looking for (a) loaf of bread for their children, umesaidika na nini (how have you benefited out of it). It continued, “Enough is enough, you will die mysteriously, Kimayio and Uhuru Kenyatta will not feed your family, we are coming for your head.” Narok police boss Paul Leiting confirmed the incident, saying Mr Chumo had recorded a statement with the CID and investigations were going on to establish the source of the threats. “Investigations have been launched to track the origin of the text message and with the help of a mobile phone company we are soon going to arrest the perpetrators, said Mr Leiting. The officer refused a bribe of Sh60,000 offered by a game-meat transporter to allow him to pass with 6,000 kilogrammes of giraffe meat. He arrested the suspect after intercepting the meat at Siyabei. The meat from giraffes killed in the Maasai Mara Game Reserve was apparently destined for Burma Market in Nairobi, where it is sold to unsuspecting traders. Mr Chumo has also seized bags of charcoal on the same highway. On July 29, 2013, the officer arrested a person transporting charcoal illegally. The transporter was fined Sh50,000 before surrendering the charcoal to the Kenya Forest Service (KFS). His efforts have, however, not gone unnoticed. KFS, a body tasked with the protection and preservation of forests, recently recognized Mr Chumo’s exemplary attitude to duty and decided to make it public to serve as an encouragement to other officers. In a letter to Deputy Inspector General of Kenya Police Grace Kaindi, KFS commended Mr Chumo’s efforts for general conservation of biodiversity and upholding ethics in his duties.
Posted on: Tue, 01 Jul 2014 16:37:39 +0000
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