A senior police officer attached to Deputy President William Ruto is nursing serious injuries after he was physically assaulted by a gardener.
Corporal Timothy Mugendi Rucha sustained injuries following a quarrel with Nicholas Kibiwot Rono which later turned into a fist fight.
According to a police report, the officer attached to DP Ruto’s private residence in Karen, Nairobi was on Thursday, July 21, hit by the gardener on the rear part of the head.
“The officer was taken to Nairobi West Hospital in critical condition with multiple head injuries,” reads the police report in part.
It is not clear what caused the altercation that went physical at the residence at the dead hour of the night.
While the cause of their disagreement remains unknown, police said the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) presidential flag bearer William Ruto was not present when the incident happened.
Only members of his family were present when the incident happened but were deep asleep.
The gardener was arrested and is expected to be arraigned in court today Friday, July 22.
This is not the first incidence involving a police officer at DP Ruto’s Karen residence since the security details in Karen were replaced in August 2021.
Elite officers from the GSU G Company who have been guarding the residence were replaced by Administration Police Security of Government Buildings Unit (AP SGB).
In April 2022, a police officer attached to presidential front runner William Ruto allegedly shot himself dead at his home.
“He used his pistol and shot himself in the head with preliminary findings showing that the bullet entered on the right side and exited on the left side,” the report read in part.
