A fight between police and squatters in the KD area of Kadzandani, located in the Nyali subcounty, on Wednesday morning injured at least four people. Among those injured were two police officers and a high school student.
Daniel Musyoka, a 19-year-old student at Kwa Bulo Secondary School, sustained gunshot wounds to his back and hands.
The other two individuals, who included police officers such as Daniel Mumasaba, the head of Nyali police, sustained cuts on their hands.
Charles Makuchi, a physician who was in charge of the hospital, extracted a bullet from Musyoka’s left arm as he was receiving medical treatment at Bulo Medicare.
When Musyoka spotted people fleeing, he was in the process of hauling sand to a building site using a cart. He was crossing through the area when he noticed someone sprinting.
“It was then that I heard gunshots. As soon as I became aware of the situation, I felt something strike my left arm in the biceps, and I immediately dropped to the ground,” Musyoka said.
“We hurried him to Bomu Medicare so that he could get treatment. Machuki stated that he needed to perform a minor surgical procedure on Musyoka due to his recent arrival.” Musyoka is someone whom Machuki knows personally.
“The bullet had been embedded in the left deltoid muscle, where he had been wounded,” the doctor said.
Machuki said that they had to make an incision in order to retrieve a live bullet from the victim.
In spite of the fact that Musyoka is in stable condition, he is required to undergo an X-ray examination in order to ascertain the level of damage that the bullet has accomplished.
“Because during the examination, we were able to observe that the bullet may have worked its way into the bones,” the doctor said.
The MCA of Kadzandani Before transporting Musyoka to the Kadzandani Mwatamba police station to make a statement, Fatma Kushe paid the fee for the hospital.
This land, which is under dispute, is the subject of a legal proceeding. When the police arrived at the location in the morning, they were followed by unknown individuals who began tearing down some of the buildings that were located on the site. This was the beginning of the trouble.
Because of this, the squatters took retaliatory action. The cops were unable to hold out against them, and as they fled, they lost five of their shields. They then called for further reinforcements. The reinforced group was successful in driving out the squatters.
MCA Fatma Kushe was the one who had to go in and intervene in order to subdue the squatters who were demanding that the police take their lives. After she had a conversation with the squatters, the situation stabilised.
She brought the five police shields that had fallen to the ground, three of which were damaged, to the Kadzandani Mwatamba police station, where she met with Mumasaba, the head of the Nyali police department.
The two were in the process of organising a peace conference in the region when they received a call informing them that the squatters were assaulting the home of a person who had a claim to the property.
The Mwatamba OCS Following that, Daniel Njoroge and Kushe hurriedly arrived to the location, where a group of unruly squatters were demonstrating against the burning of part of their property.
Following that, the two individuals established an impromptu peace baraza in order to bring the throng under control.
Chief Executive Officer of the Coast Development Authority, Mzee Mwinyi, whose family is involved in a dispute about the property, said that the squatters assaulted his mother inside the main home.
He was about to join the peace baraza, but the squatters, who were upset with him, heckled him, and caused him to depart the scene.
The land difficulties in Nyali, according to Mumasaba, are a thorn in the flesh, and it is necessary to find solutions that are more agreeable.
There is no need to engage in combat. One can always take a seat and have a conversation. As Mumasaba put it, “Dialogue is always the greatest method to settle any situation.”
He made the observation that Kenya is a democratic nation that operates under the rule of law. According to Kushe, mistakes in the management of land issues in her ward might result in fatalities.
“At this moment, we are dealing with the shooting of a young lad who was attempting to earn money, maybe for his school expenses. It is a pity,” she expressed her regret.
She issued a call to the squatters as well as the police, urging them to follow the court decisions and the supremacy of the law.
“It is imperative that all parties adhere to the law. The absence of peace is a prerequisite for any kind of progress in any location. And peace is contingent on the manner in which issues are resolved,” she said.
