This archive report was first published on 2 July 2019.
On Tuesday, police in Kileleshwa arrested a suspect of robbery with violence and recovered a stolen motor vehicle in Umoja, following a robbery at a Kilimani home along Hamisi Road.
The suspect is believed to be part of a three-man gang that had accosted Ms Kean Wamboi Kimani, who works at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at her home on Thursday.
According to a police report filed at Kileleshwa Police Station, Ms Kimani was gagged, tied, and threatened to be killed if she screamed. The thugs ransacked her house and stole a number of items, including a 52-inch TV valued at Sh40,000, a Canon printer valued at Sh30,000, three mobile phones valued at Sh60,000, and her ATM card.
Ms Kimani also reported that her gardener, Mr Patrick Mwenda, was assaulted and lost his mobile phone.
On Tuesday, the investigating team was planning to carry out an identification parade so that the victims can help identify the suspect.
‘We are still in pursuit of the other suspects and we shall arraign them once we are through with the investigations,’ Mr Micahel Muchiri, the Kilimani police boss, told Nairobi News.
One robbery with Violence suspect was last night arrested & a stolen motor vehicle recovered following an operation by @DCI_Kenya #SCPU Detectives at Umoja 1 in Buruburu, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said.
The DCI also recovered the ‘Toyota Prado VX stolen from the complainant among other valuables’.
