This archive report was first published on 19 September 2019.
On September 19, 2019, a Nairobi court detained two suspects, Roba Diba Bou and Langat Kipng'etich Nelson, for a 10-day period to facilitate further police investigations into their alleged involvement in the theft of Ksh. 42 million at the Moyale Airstrip.
The two suspects were arrested and arraigned in court for being in charge of standard procedure details on the material day when money was stolen by three armed men who escaped using motorbikes.
According to the investigators, Roba Diba Bou, the branch operations manager at Equity Bank in Moyale, was on duty at the material day and was informed about the arrival of the money. Langat Kipng'etich Nelson, a cash counting officer at Wells Fargo, was assigned to escort the money.
Senior Principal Magistrate Bernard Ochoi was informed that both accused persons were aware of the regulations and security standards to be observed and should have directed the pilot not to land at ODDA airstrip at the particular time since no proper security had been put in place.
The court also heard that the accused had been arrested by DCI Moyale and released only to be rearrested by the Crimes Prevention Unit and escorted to Nairobi after discovery of fresh implicating evidence linking them to the disappearance of the money.
In his ruling, the magistrate agreed to the police demands but reduced the custodial holding of the suspects in remand from 21 to 10 days, stating that it was within the police mandate to carry out investigations and decide what to do afterwards.
The matter is set for mention on October 2, 2019.
