A census enumerator attached to Maseno, Kisumu County, has been hospitalized after she was on Saturday night gang raped and robbed by unknown attackers.
Confirming the incident, Nyanza police boss Dr. Vincent Makhoha said a hunt has since been launched for the attackers.
According to Dr. Makhoha, the woman was ambushed outside her gate after she had been dropped off by her supervisor following completion of the exercise.
He added that the suspects were hiding in a thicket near the woman’s gate and pounced on her immediately she was dropped off.
The police boss further stated that the County Statistics Department has been ordered to immediately suspend the supervisor who dropped the woman due to negligence.
The supervisor as well as police officers who were deployed in the area to offer security for the census team have also been summoned to record statements with the police in Maseno who are probing the incident.
However, this is not a first police case being investigated in 2019 census exercise.
Last week, a census supervisor was arrested in Nyamira for allegedly misusing gadgets for the exercise that kicked off on Saturday evening.
Gilbert Maranga, the ICT census supervisor at Kemera is said to have been issued with a census tablet and power bank but went missing.
Lensa Apondi, the census coordinator in Nyamira, told police on Wednesday that the supervisor could not be located.
He recorded a statement at Sengera police station and officers were deployed to search for the ‘missing’ officer.
According to Nyamira county commissioner Amos Mariba, the officer was found at Princess Pub in Kisii and arrested.
However, none of the gadgets were in his possession at the time.
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