This archive report was first published on 2 December 2019.
On December 2, 2019, Chief Inspector Sabina Kerubo, a suspect in the gruesome murder of Star Newspaper journalist Eric Oloo, was detained for 14 days.
The officer was arraigned on Monday at Siaya Law Courts, where she did not take a plea.
Prosecutor Tracey Nambisia had requested Principal Magistrate James Ong'ondo to detain the suspect for 14 days to conclude investigations.
The court heard that Kerubo, a senior officer, might interfere with investigations into the case, and more time was needed to interrogate her juniors while in police cell.
Magistrate Ong'ondo directed that Kerubo be detained at Siaya Police Station.
According to neighbours, Oloo and Kerubo had been cohabiting as husband and wife, and some claimed that the journalist had suspected that Kerubo was cheating on him with another man.
Already, two more suspects, Victor Ogola Luta and his brother Franklin Joel Luta, have been arraigned and detained for 11 days pending the conclusion of investigations.
Two other suspects, including Kerubo's daughter and househelp, are yet to be arraigned over the murder of Oloo.
A post-mortem report indicated that Oloo died from a trauma caused by an injury to his head and abdomen.
Government pathologist Gabriel Juma said, 'The deceased could have been hit by a blunt object as internal bleeding was witnessed.'
