6 nabbed over violent robberies in Kajiado
Detectives from the Crime Research and Intelligence Bureau have nabbed six persons of interest believed to be behind a string of violent robberies targeting missionary camps in Kajiado and its environs.
In a statement on Wednesday, August 20, 2025, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) revealed that the gang is linked to a deadly raid on August 8, 2025, at the Korean Mission Camp (MCK) in Elerai, Mashuuru Sub-County.
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“Dressed in police jungle fatigues and wielding crude weapons, the assailants fatally injured a watchman during the raid. Investigators have since linked the group to similar violent robberies in Kimana, Mashuru, Wote, and other areas,” read the statement in part.
Further, the DCI revealed that the crackdown began on August 19, 2025, when officers arrested Muoki Mulee in Kitengela and Ambrose Mutuku near Machakos Junction.
Mutuku later led detectives to his Kitulu village home in Machakos County, where police recovered police fatigues believed to have been used in the raids, alongside Ksh49,000 in cash.
Additionally, the DCI revealed that both persons of interest had recently been released from Machakos Prison in December 2024.
“The operation was further widened to Kantafu in Matungulu Sub-County, where four additional suspects were arrested: Dominic Moenga Mwambi, Joseph Mamai, Gideon Nyaga Njeri and Alex Mwaura Waweru,” read the statement.
“Detectives also impounded three vehicles with registration numbers KDJ 066S, KCX 851Q and KDP 825D, believed to have facilitated the crimes.”
The six persons of interest remain in custody as detectives conclude investigations before their arraignment in court.
Mombasa
This comes a few days after police in Mombasa nabbed two suspected gang members following a late-night operation in Kisauni.
The two were found armed with pangas and are currently in custody awaiting processing and arraignment.
According to a statement released by the National Police Service (NPS) on X on Thursday, August 7, 2025, the persons of interest were apprehended at around 11:45 pm on Wednesday after members of the public reported suspicious activity in the Kadongo Stage area.
Officers from Mjambere Police Station responded swiftly to the alert and managed to apprehend two individuals believed to be part of a group of armed young men.
