SDA Pastor Hospitalised After Being Shot by Police Officers

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A Seventh-Day Adventist (SDA) cleric is nursing injuries at Homa Bay County Referral Hospital after being shot on his right thigh and leg in Homa Bay County last night.

Joseph Mireri, a pastor stationed at Makongeni SDA Church, had gone to shave his hair and wash his car at Pier before he was accosted by police officers who sprayed bullets on his car, says his wife, Janet.

Narrating the incident, Janet said that her husband had left his black Toyota Premio in a carwash and went to a barbershop on a motorbike.

After some time, he returned, defrayed the cost of washing the car, and started driving back home.

However, after driving less than 50 meters, things took a quick turnaround when men in civilian clothes tried to stop his car. In fear that they might be robbers, Mireri sped off towards his home.

On the way, he found out that the road was blocked by a certain vehicle and could not continue with his journey. Shortly afterward, the unknown people manning the roadblock opened fire that deflated his car wheels then shot on the windscreen and driver’s door. Some of the bullets hit him on the right thigh and leg.

“They ordered him to get out of the car before inspecting it. They found a Bible, an envelope for tithing, a hymn book, gas cylinder, and dog food,” Janet said.

After they found out that it was a ‘mistaken identity,’ they told him to get back to the car, but he was too frail and was unable to drive. Moreso, his vehicle had deflated wheels.

He was rushed to Homa Bay County Referral Hospital for treatment.

Now, the family wants the government to take responsibility and get the people who shot their kin to face the wrath of the law.

“My husband was shot by people who are supposed to accord him security. We want to know why he was shot. All we are praying for is justice for my husband,” Janet stated.

At the time of the reporting, police in the county had not commented on the incident, but the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) had been called to investigate the happenings.

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