The war between citizens and police officers has been challenged by two citizens in Mombasa who have demonstrated that the two do not have to be the worst enemies when they can indeed work together.
A Mombasa based Tuk Tuk driver William Mzungu instead of suffering under the hands of police officer George Mugambi when he arrested him but the opposite happened.
Mzungu indicated that he was arrested by the officer at Mwebe Tayari in Mombasa town since his tuktuk lacked the important documents of NTSA accreditation and insurance cover.
Mzungu also added that he lacked the documents, not because of his unwillingness but the desperate situation of having a sick wife suffering from breast cancer admitted at the Mombasa Hospital.
The occurrence had made Mzungu dig into his pocket to the levels that his three children risked being without food.
Mzungu indicated that officer Mugambi broke out into tears as soon as he heard off and saw his wife and her situation at the hospital.
The medical personnel at the hospital explained to the officer that the woman was in urgent need of blood. He was told she needed 10 pints of the important body fluid. The people the couple had identified to help with blood donations had so far asked them to offer Ksh 4,000 per pint.
Without much thinking, the officer offered himself to donate blood for the deserving patient. After the donation it turned out that the accumulated blood amounted to only 2 pints out of the needed 10.
The police officer went ahead to rally other police officers in the area, explaining to them the situation at hand. He asked officers mainly from the Central and Makupa police stations in Mombasa.