The Media Council of Kenya (MCK) has condemned the shooting of Mediamax journalist Catherine Wanjeri who was covering demos in Nakuru on Tuesday.
MCK CEO David Omwoyo termed the incident as shameful and terrifying.
"The shooting of Catherine Wanjeri Kariuki, a journalist attached to Kameme TV, while in the company of other journalists and the police is shameful and terrifying," he said.
Omwoyo called on the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) to expedite investigations and bring charges to the officers involved.
He insisted on the importance of journalists in holding critical institutions accountable.
Three people, among them a journalist working with Kameme radio and TV were shot during the anti-government protests in Nakuru.
Other scribes at the scene said the reporter Wanjeri was shot three times in the thigh and was taken to a private hospital for treatment.
The doctor at the health facility she was taken to confirmed that she was shot thrice in the thighs.
Witnesses claim the police allegedly shot at the female scribe yet she was marked with a press card and jacket.
The second person was shot in the leg while the third one had a gunshot in the back as the police engaged protesters in running battles.
Earlier in the morning, a protester was critically injured when he was hit on the head by a stone that had been aimed at the police.
Business in the busy town came to a standstill as protesters and the police engaged each other in hide-and-seek games.
The protesters kept regrouping and chanting along Kenyatta Avenue every time they were dispersed.
