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Jan 20

DETECTIVES RECOVER SH 0.6 MILLION FOLLOWING A MOMBASA SACCO HEIST

An online scammer who mastermind a hi-tech swindle that swept Sh0.9 Million from a Mombasa based micro finance, has been arrested and Sh600,000 recovered. The architect of the heist Francis Mairura,

was smoked out of his hideout in Nyamondo village located at Gucha South in Kisii county.
This is after the sleuths based at DCI’s operations support unit trailed the cash which was siphoned through a breach of the Sacco’s IT systems and transferred to six Mpesa accounts

belonging to the suspect. The high level fraud which occurred on December 31, 2022, was executed between 3:30 to 5pm by the 22-year-old suspect who was at the time oscillating between two houses, one at Witeithie estate in Thika town and the other at Gitambaya in Ruiru.

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Jan 20

NO ESCAPE FOR ROBBERY SUSPECTS WHO FACED RECENTLY GRADUATED OFFICERS LAST NIGHT

Two suspects masquerading as detectives were arrested last night, after they raided an apartment at Kihunguro in Ruiru, Kiambu County.
The duo who raided a house at Elim Shepherd apartment at

around 1am, had introduced themselves as detectives based at Pangani police station before residents became suspicious and raised alarm, attracting officers from Ruiru police station who rushed to the scene and restored order. The swift response by the Ruiru based officers

caught the thugs by surprise as one of them attempted to fly from the 3rd floor of the apartment only to land on the apartment’s floor with a heavy thud seriously injuring his head.
Minutes after the residents made the all important call, the deafening rumbling sound of the

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Jan 19

TWO ARMED THUGS KILLED IN FIERCE SHOOTOUT WITH CITY COPS

Two armed miscreants were fatally wounded Tuesday afternoon, following a fierce shootout between officers based at Njiru in Nairobi and three armed gangsters who were on a robbery mission.

The hawk-eyed officers who were on routine patrol along Kangudo road in an unmarked vehicle, had noticed a suspicious motorbike at Shujaa area whose pillion passengers were preying on their next victim. They immediately intercepted the bike at Kobil gas station and the in-charge

asked the miscreants to identify themselves. Nyinyi ni nani? he asked. But the defiant trio answered with gunfire, provoking a shootout that sent two of them back to their maker instantly.
Sounds of deafening gunfire reverberated across the plains, rat-a-tat-tat-tat!!! as the

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Jan 18

SUSPECT IN MURDER OF CITY CONSULTANT KILLED ON SATURDAY ARRESTED

The main suspect behind the gruesome murder of 81-year-old city consultant Dr Gerishon Mwiti, who was hacked to death on January 14, 2023 at Thigiri ridge in Westlands Nairobi County, has been arrested.

The suspect Bernard Kioko, who was a gardener at Dr. Mwiti’s home has been arrested moments ago at Mabatini in Mathare settlement, after being on the run since committing the murder most foul last Saturday. According to the deceased’s son Daniel Mwiti, he found his father’s

lifeless body sprawled in their garden bearing a deep cut at the back of his head. This is after an operation that lasted more than 24 hours, after the suspect engaged detectives in a hide and seek game from Mwingi in Kitui county until his arrest this afternoon deep in the

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Jan 12

WANTED

A price of upto USD $10 million is being offered by the U.S government to anyone who will provide information leading to the arrest of the mastermind of the DusitD2 attack Mohamoud Abdi Aden, which occurred on January 15, 2019.

This was announced in a joint media briefing by the United States ambassador H.E Meg Whitman and the Director DCI Mr Mohamed Amin at the DCI headquarters. Also present during the media briefing were deputy assistant secretaries Julie Cabus and Paul Houston, who are in charge

of Training and Threat Investigations respectively, at the Bureau of Diplomatic Security. Mohamoud Abdi Aden aka Mohamoud Abdirahman was part of the cell that planned the DusitD2 Hotel attack, the last major terrorist attack in the country 4 years ago.

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Jan 10

GOVERNMENT TO IMPROVE POLICE WELFARE
The government has prioritized provision of spacious, comfortable, safe, secure and affordable housing for Police officers in the government affordable housing plan. This was said by His Excellency President William Ruto today when he presided

over the passing out parade of 2,881 Police officers at the National Police College Main Campus- Kiganjo.
The Head of State said that the Police-Prison reform taskforce that was established yesterday would look into a range of issues affecting police delivery including the terms

and conditions of service of police officers & welfare issues, adding that addressing the housing shortage would go a long way in boosting the morale of police officers.
On matters of healthcare, the Head of State noted that the government would provide a comprehensive insurance

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