How Nairobi Police Jurisdictional Wars Denied Justice to Assaulted Journalist Clinton Machuki

Independent geopolitical journalist and Editor Clinton Moracha Machuki is steadily recovering from a brutal machete ambush, but his fight for justice has hit a wall of institutional evasion.

Rather than hunting the six armed men who left Machuki with head trauma and cracked ribs, police officers in Embakasi South have spent the last 48 hours passing the buck, using jurisdictional boundaries to deny him an Occurrence Book (OB) number.

Machuki’s digital testimonies on X reveal a distressing timeline of systemic dismissal. Following his discharge from Mission Care Hospital in Pipeline, the journalist attempted to formally secure an OB number to initiate a criminal investigation. What followed was a circular loop between three different police stations:

1.  Kware Police Post Dismissal: Officers at Kware—located just 350 metres from the crime scene—refused to log the incident. The officer on duty claimed that the exact path where the attack took place "is not part of the Kware quarry administration zone."

2.  The Kware Police Station Confrontation: When Machuki pushed for accountability at Kware Police Station, the reception turned hostile. Instead of registering the file, an officer on duty shouted, "Unatufunza kazi?" (Are you teaching us our job?), reiterating that the crime scene fell back under Kware’s jurisdiction and aggressively turning him away.

3.  The Donholm Intervention: Seeking an objective authority, Machuki bypassed the local posts and went to Donholm Police Station. Recognizing the severity of the situation, a commanding officer at Donholm placed an official phone call directly to Inspector Musa at Kware, demanding to know why a severely assaulted citizen had been denied an OB number.

Despite the directive from Donholm, the chain of command fractured. Donholm sent Machuki back to Kware with instructions that his file be opened immediately.

However, upon arrival, Kware administrative staff doubled down on their refusal, ignoring the higher station's inquiry.

To this moment, no official OB number has been issued, no file has been opened, and no active investigation has commenced. The relevant policing bodies have exhibited total silence.

Through his active updates, Machuki has clarified that his public campaign is not a plea for sympathy. Instead, it is a direct challenge to a system that measures a citizen's right to safety by their societal status.

"I am not looking for empathy," the journalist shared. "This is about transparency from public officials and the fundamental right to equality before the law. A Kenyan shouldn't need a high-ranking political title just to have a crime recorded at a local police station."

The ongoing refusal by the Kware administration to log the case demonstrates how local police can weaponize administrative boundaries to shield themselves from operational duties, leaving victims vulnerable while armed perpetrators move freely.