This archive report was first published on 7 December 2019.
Published on December 7, 2019, detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) arrested four people, including a minor, suspected to be members of the proscribed Wakali Kwanza gang.
The suspects, aged between 17 and 24, were arrested on Friday at Kizingo area in Mombasa county. They include 23-year-old Nicholas Guku Ngare, 24-year-old Salim Bakari, 20-year-old Stephen Otende, and a 17-year-old girl.
During the arrest, DCI officers recovered five machetes, bhang, and knives, which were in possession of the members of the vicious gang.
The arrests come after a series of attacks by the gang, which left several people injured. In November, police officers in Kisauni and Nyali sub-counties in Mombasa arrested 11 suspects following an attack that left 10 people seriously injured on November 24.
Confirming the incident, Kisauni police boss Julius Kiragu said the suspects were believed to be members of the Wakali Kwanza gang, which has been behind a reign of terror and several criminal activities in Mombasa.
