This archive report was first published on 11 October 2019.
On October 11, 2019, a Makadara law court granted orders to detain two police officers and a nurse from Kenyatta National Hospital in connection with a Sh6 million robbery in Eastleigh, Nairobi.
The suspects include policeman Simon Mwaniki of Kayole police station, detective Kelvin Marangu Muthamia attached to Kasarani police station's DCI offices, and Martin Mbae Kithinji, a nurse at the Kenyatta National Hospital.
They are accused of robbing businessmen Abdulahi Hussein Yusuf and Mohamed Hussein Mohamed on the night of October 4-5, 2019.
According to detective Abddirizak Ahmed, Mwaniki and Kithinji are in possession of part of the money stolen from the two traders, which is in the process of being recovered.
Ahmed stated that Mwaniki and Muthamia were armed and deployed within their areas of jurisdiction for undercover duties but left their areas and crossed to Eastleigh, where they committed the robbery.
The detective requested time to cross-check the information given by the three suspects and five other police officers in custody during interrogation.
During Mwaniki's arrest in Ruiru on Wednesday, police found fake $8,800, Sh 29,000, and more than a dozen rounds of ammunition.
Two bulletproof jackets were also found in his house in Kayole.
