Policewoman reaches out to IG Mutymbai over frustrations by her bosses

A policewoman attached to Lang’ata Police Station has requested Inspector General of Police Hillary Mutyambai to come to her aid following a series of frustrations she has encountered from her bosses.

Swaleh Rehema, a police constable, took to her Instagram Insta Story to pen a series of accusations against Lang’ata OCPD Benjamin Mwathu and her station’s OCS William Matu.

According to the policewoman, she has been forced to work at
a time when she is supposed to be on maternal leave.

“What I can tell Mutyambai as our boss is that he
should really look into our situation as ladies in the police service. We are
facing a lot of intimidations and frustrations,” she said.

“At times we can’t speak out as we are curtailed. He
should help us and I know I have spoken on behalf of my colleagues somewhere
who are suffering too,” Rehemah urged.

Rehemah says her trouble begun when she was 7 months
pregnant where she was forced to work tirelessly by the OCPD and OCS despite
her condition.

She claims that despite her pregnancy taking a toll on her, she was assigned normal duties instead of light duty as it is the norm.

At one instance, Rehema says, she was assigned duty at West Park Police Post, managed by the Lang’ata Police Station, only to be told a month later by record personnel that she had absconded duty since she was supposed to be working at Lang’ata.

She claims that she was reported for absenteeism yet she had not been told that the duty roster had changed a week after she reported at West Park Police Post.

“The duty roster was changed and I was reposted back to
Langata without being informed,” she complained.

When contacted for comment, Lang’ata OCPD refused to comment on the matter saying there are procedures to follow when one feels aggrieved at the police service.

“I have no comment on the matter. The National Police Service has a way of handling issues including complaints against the bosses. The process has to be followed and therefore it will be premature for me to comment now on the matter,” Mwatu told K24 Digital.