Remandee climbs to the top of police lorry, demands tea
A remandee climbed on top of a lorry and demanded tea on February 20, 2018, when he and others were ferried to the Kitale courts. PHOTO | GERALD BWISA | NATION MEDIA GROUP
What you need to know:
- The prisoner cllimbed on top of the lorry as others were alighting and being ushered into cells.
- He began shouting and demanding tea, threatening not to climb down if his demands are not met.
- He dodged an officer who climbed on top of the lorry to force him to climb down.
There was drama at a Kitale court on Tuesday morning after a remandee refused to alight from a police vehicle as he demanded to be served tea first.
All was well as the lorry full of remandees parked in the court’s compound and one by one they alighted and were ushered into the cells.
DRAMA
But one man, identified only as Stephen, instead climbed to the top of the vehicle.
He began shouting saying he needed some tea before he could get into the cell.
A remandee on top of a police lorry on February 20, 2018 outside the Kitale law courts in Trans-Nzoia County. PHOTO | GERALD BWISA | NATION MEDIA GROUP
“Mimi sitoki hapa hadi nipewe chai (I will not get out of here until I get some tea),” he roared in Kiswahili.
Stunned, the officers regrouped and agreed to have one of them force the remandee to get down.
CAUGHT
But Stephen, who was clad in a striped polo shirt and ragged jeans, was not done with his theatrics.
He jumped from one side of the lorry to another, as the officer struggled to catch him.
A remandee refuses to climb down a police lorry on February 20, 2018 outside the Kitale law courts in Trans-Nzoia County. PHOTO | GERALD BWISA | NATION MEDIA GROUP
The game ended when he was finally caught and brought down from the lorry.
He did not get any tea and was warned of dire consequences if he repeated the act. Stephen was then taken to the court cells.
He has been charged with stealing maize produce in Cherangany and he had been brought alongside others for the mention of the case.
