Police caught on camera harassing civilian dressed in ‘combat’

A Twitter video captured by activist Boniface Mwangi on Monday exposed police officers harassing a civilian at the Hub Karen Mall in Nairobi.

The man, who is said to have been with his two children the mall is reported to have been arrested on grounds that he was on ‘police uniform’.

The man was on what is commonly known as a ‘combat’ Tshirt- an outfit that resembles police uniform.

Inspector General Joseph Boinnet last year ordered that police should arrest anyone found on clothes resembling police and military uniforms.

However, legal experts say that there is no legal proof that an attire is specifically meant for the police or military. While the law prohibits wearing clothes resembling police and military uniforms, it does not specify what these uniforms look like in terms of design and colour patterns.

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