DCI gives blow-by-blow account of how 6 suspects in car theft syndicate were nabbed, vehicles recovered
Detectives drawn from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Friday, January 26, 2024, nabbed at least six suspected members of a car theft syndicate operating within the Nairobi County region and neighbouring counties. In a statement, DCI documented a blow-to-blow account of how they successfully cornered and arrested the suspects notorious for stealing motor vehicles […]
20 arrested for stoning woman’s vehicle after she hit pedestrians
Police from the National Police Service (NPS) and the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have apprehended 20 boda boda riders who stoned a woman’s vehicle and assaulted her male passenger after she hit passengers and fled the scene in Kitengela on Friday, January 18. According to a statement by NPS on Saturday, January 20, NPS […]
Officers in foreign national’s kidnapping saga arraigned
Police officers suspected of being involved in kidnapping a foreign national in Mlolongo, Machakos County on January 8, 2024, have been arraigned. The three officers, Fredrick Mwongela Mwololo, Samuel Mwiti and Kimwele Musyoki, were arraigned at the Mavoko Law Courts on Wednesday, January 17, 2024. The trio, attached to the General Service Unit were arrested […]
High Court orders EACC to investigate lawyer Danstan Omari, DCI over Ksh2M extortion claims
The High Court has ordered Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) to investigate lawyer Danstan Omari, his client Ann Wambui Ndung’u, and Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) officers implicated in a Ksh2 million alleged extortion scheme from two Nigerian nationals. Justice Nixon Sifuna of the Milimani Anti-corruption directed the anti-graft body to record statements from two […]
Suspected land fraudsters arrested in bribery attempts at DCI headquarters
Sleuths from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have arrested suspected land fraudsters in an attempted bribery incident. The DCI said that the two suspects, Jackson Mwangi Wambui and Elijah Macharia, were arrested trying to compromise an investigating officer in a land case where they were accused of fraud. “Mwangi and his accomplice Macharia, were […]
Kenya Power, DCI partner to fight vandalism, electricity theft
Kenya Power has inked a partnership deal with the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) to fight vandalism and electricity theft. In a statement on Thursday, November 16, 2023, the utility firm confirmed that at least 42 DCI officers have been attached to work with its security team. “Towards this, the DCI has attached 42 officers […]
Police complete crucial training in countering violent extremism
Members of the National Police Service (NPS) have successfully completed a Training of Trainers (TOT) instructors’ development workshop on Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) that was held in Nakuru. The workshop, which lasted for four days, was aimed at engaging master trainers in building the uptake of police training manuals within the national and regional police […]