Suzanna Owiyo, a well-known artist from Kenya, has talked candidly about her unforgettable experience spending hours in a Naivasha police cell after being detected speeding on her way to Kisumu.
Suzanna described her arrest for speeding in Naivasha on March 28, 2014, at approximately 8 a.m., in a thorough social media post.
“I will never forget the month of March 28, 2014, at around 8am. Nilionja cell ya Naivasha…for some hours before being arraigned in court. I was arrested because of overspeeding (sic),” she wrote.
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Suzanna encountered a woman who had been detained earlier that morning for selling illicit brew when she went inside the women’s cell.
Suzanna added that despite the situation, they grew close very soon.
Suzanna asked her to take a full photo, and despite her inebriation, the woman struggled but succeeded in capturing the moment.
Suzanna shared the greatest photo later, but she kept it.
“She seemed drunk to me but that aside. I requested her to take a full pic of me which she obliged but the lady couldn’t problem focus.. too much chang’aa in her head (sic),” the singer wrote.
Suzanna was in the cell when she heard noise outside, which indicated that male convicts who were being escorted to court had arrived.
To escape unwelcome attention from the passing male prisoners, she withdrew to a corner.
“I wasn’t worried because I knew I would come out soon due to the nature of my offence. I got charged, paid the fine, and proceeded with my journey to Kisumu,” Suzanna recounted.
However, one aspect that deeply troubled the music icon was the unhygienic conditions of the cell.
Expressing concern about its cleanliness, she said: “One thing that always bothered me was the way the cell was kept. Very dirty! Maybe things have changed now!!”