This archive report was first published on 6 November 2019.
Published on November 6, 2019, a bizarre incident unfolded in Kikuyu where a woman was arrested for allegedly training her six cats to steal valuable items from her neighbors.
Christine Wambui, the accused, was taken into custody after several neighbors reported small objects being stolen from their homes, with the police detectives proving that indeed the cats were the suspects of the thefts.
The neighbors reported being visited by Wambui's cats before noticing the disappearance of their valuable items, ranging from underwear, foodstuffs, clothes, and even jewelry.
Despite their initial disbelief that cats could not be a trained stealing army, detectives began a surveillance operation and were amazed by what they discovered.
According to our police source, the six cats coordinated their operation as an organized unit, invading the home in style and constantly coming and going, bringing home valuable items.
Strangely, at the time the operation was underway, Wambui would put on loud gospel songs on her house and pray for success.
The police confirmed that on their day of observation, they noted that under one hour, the detectives saw the cats bring home a whole wardrobe of her neighbor. Not even the clothes on her hanging line were spared.
Driven by curiosity, the officers went on to search Wambui's house where they got a whole shock of their lives.
"The cats have been doing a good job. She has a whole warehouse and the items are packed and supplied to small business people who sell them as valuable second-hand items," an officer recorded.
Wambui confessed to training her cats to steal, saying her animals had to help her make ends meet since she also houses them, after picking them from the streets while still young.
She has also sent a special appeal to Kenyans, to help her raise money for legal services in her case since she believes she is innocent.
