A police officer attached to the Deputy President William Ruto is nursing serious wounds after having an altercation with a gardener at Ruto’s Karen private residence.

The incident happened on Thursday morning at around 12.20 am.

The incident followed a heated argument between the officer identified as Timothy Mugendi Rucha and the gardener before matters took a turn for the worst.

According to police report, the gardener identified as Nicholas Kibiwot Rono hit Rucha with an object at the back of his head and causing him grievous harm.

 Rucha was rushed to Nairobi West Hospital in critical condition.

“The officer was taken to Nairobi West Hospital in critical condition with multiple head injuries,” the police report read.

Rono was arrested and taken into custody awaiting to be arraigned in cout.