(Report by Police Media Officer, Constable Sylvester Wemuru.)
National Capital District Metropolitan Superintendent Silva Sika has appealed to the residents of the nation’s capital to respect each other and stop ethnic clashes.
Mr Sika made this appeal following an increase in ethnic clashes within the city in recent weeks.
In one of the clashes on Sunday (February 26), quick response by Gordon Police Station Commander (PSC) Inspector Gabriel Kini and his officers plus other support units stopped an ethnic clash between people from two highlands provinces at Five Mile.
According to the Gordon police station commander, the fight was between a group of people from Eastern Highlands and Enga.
It was reported that four men believed to be from Enga boarded a taxi that was driven by an Eastern Highlander at the Ponderosa Hotel and asked to be dropped off at the Wildlife Wreckers Second Block at Erima.
At the destination the men allegedly attacked the taxi driver. Members of the public intervened and helped the driver who made his way out and escaped to where his relatives lived at Five Mile.
PSC Kini said apparently the attack on the Taxi driver was related to an incident earlier at Five Mile where some Eastern Highlanders and the Engans had a fight in which some people were injured and properties damaged. He said police have yet to establish a connection between these two incidents.
The two parties have been warned not to resort to physical violence and register their grievances with the law instead.
