{"id":111042,"date":"2025-02-26T12:03:26","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T12:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/02\/26\/intoxicated-gsu-officer-at-kiirs-nairobi-residence-detained-for-opening-fire-on-patrol-team\/"},"modified":"2025-02-26T12:03:26","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T12:03:26","slug":"intoxicated-gsu-officer-at-kiirs-nairobi-residence-detained-for-opening-fire-on-patrol-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/intoxicated-gsu-officer-at-kiirs-nairobi-residence-detained-for-opening-fire-on-patrol-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Intoxicated GSU officer at Kiir\u2019s Nairobi residence detained for opening fire on patrol team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 26 \u2014 A General Service Unit (GSU) officer guarding South Sudan President Salva Kiir\u2019s Nairobi residence is facing disciplinary action following a confrontation with police officers on patrol in Gigiri.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to a report filed at Gigiri Police Station, the incident occurred at approximately 8:38 pm on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Police Constable Nicholas Gitimu reported that he and his colleague, Police Constable Denis Okenye, encountered a man smoking bhang near the perimeter wall of President Kiir\u2019s residence.<\/p>\n<p>When approached, the suspect, who turned out to be a GSU officer assigned to the residence, fled and opened fire, injuring Okenye in the right hip.<\/p>\n<p>Investigations revealed that the assailant, identified as Collins Ng\u2019ang\u2019a (Police Constable No. 108654), is a GSU officer assigned to President Kiir\u2019s residence.<\/p>\n<p>Police officers who responded to the scene found him armed with a Ceska pistol (serial number H5547).<\/p>\n<p>They subsequenty disarmed the officer while a team rushed Okenye to MP Shah Hospital, where he is receiving treatment. <\/p>\n<p>Medical reports indicate he is in stable condition, with the bullet lodged in his right hip.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe suspect is currently detained at Gigiri Police Station, and his firearm has been confiscated for ballistic analysis,\u201d the report stated.<\/p>\n<p>Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) in Gigiri are leading the ongoing investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have yet to comment on the circumstances that led to the GSU officer\u2019s actions.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 26 \u2014 A General Service Unit (GSU) officer guarding South Sudan President Salva Kiir\u2019s Nairobi residence is facing disciplinary action following a confrontation with police officers on patrol in Gigiri. According to a report filed at Gigiri Police Station, the incident occurred at approximately 8:38 pm on Tuesday. Police Constable Nicholas Gitimu [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111042\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}