Ongata Rongai: Danstan Omari and Team Pledge to Repair Police Vehicles Vandalised by Hired Goons
- Protests marking the anniversary of the deadly 2024 demos turned violent in parts of Kenya, leaving destruction in their wake
- Goons reportedly stormed Ongata Rongai Police Station, damaging every police vehicle and paralysing law enforcement operations
- Lawyer Danstan Omari visited the scene and pledged to fund repairs, urging respect for police property and community safety
TUKO.co.ke journalist Harry Ivan Mboto has over three years of experience reporting on politics and current affairs in Kenya
On Wednesday, June 25, parts of Kenya erupted in fresh demonstrations as citizens marked one year since the deadly 2024 anti-finance bill protests.
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Those protests, held across the country, had left more than 60 people dead and sparked national outrage.
The 2025 commemorative events, however, were anything but peaceful, as groups of alleged hired goons infiltrated the crowds, turning a day of remembrance into one of destruction.
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What happened at Ongata Rongai Police Station?
Among the worst-hit locations was Ongata Rongai Police Station in Kajiado county.
The station was overrun by the goons, who vandalised all the police vehicles within the compound.
This act left the officers at the facility completely incapacitated, unable to respond to emergencies in the area.
Danstan Omari, a well-known city lawyer and patron of Sheria Mtaani, visited the station on Wednesday, July 2, where he bitterly condemned the incident.
He was accompanied by fellow lawyer Cliff Ombeta and politician Shadrack Wambui, who also expressed concern over the attack on law enforcement infrastructure.
"The Ongata Rongai police currently have no vehicle in operation. All of them were vandalised by goons. These vehicles are not for the officers, they are for the citizens. If someone makes a distress call right now, the police have no way to respond,” Omari lamented.
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Danstan Omari offers to repair police vehicles
Omari pledged that his team and he would support the officers by repairing the vandalised vehicles.
"It is very, very sad. We have spoken to the officers here, and as Sheria Mtaani, we shall chip in to repair those vehicles so that the citizens can access police services," he said amid cheers from locals who had gathered at the station.
The lawyers urged calm and called for demonstrations to be conducted peacefully, warning that destroying essential public services only harms the communities they are meant to protect.
How many police vehicles were vandalised during the demos?
TUKO.co.ke previously reported that Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen strongly condemned the widespread violence that erupted during the demonstrations.
Murkomen revealed that the chaos left more than ten people dead, with over 400 others injured, including close to 300 police officers.
Some officers reportedly sustained serious, life-altering injuries. Investigations are still ongoing to determine the exact death toll and the circumstances surrounding the violence.
Key government facilities were not spared, with at least nine police stations attacked and five set ablaze.
A total of 88 police vehicles, 27 government cars, and 65 civilian vehicles—including a school bus—were destroyed.
The attackers also reportedly stole firearms from some stations, and homes and businesses of pro-government leaders were targeted.
Proofreading by Mercy Nyambura, copy editor at TUKO.co.ke.
Source: TUKO.co.ke
