The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Thursday successfully arrested a notorious suspect, who has been on its most wanted list, believed to be behind a series of violent robberies and murders within Narok township.
The suspect was arrested following months of a scrupulous manhunt by Narok-based detectives.
DCI revealed that the suspect is a jailbird and has been in prison confines for 15 years until his release in March 2024. He was cornered and arrested while in possession of his weapons that include a dagger, sword and a Maasai club.
Subsequent robbery incidents had been reported in Narok township following his release, where a hooded lone thug was reported to be accosting business operators in the town, before striking them down with a blunt object and making away with their valuables.
Unfortunately, most victims succumbed to the deadly head hits. His criminal activities however took a wrong turn for him, after one of his daring criminal activities was captured by a CCTV camera as he attempted a shop break-in.
He is however said to have aborted the mission on spotting the cameras. The footage was circulated among security agents and his search official was in full swing.
On Monday, October 28 at around midnight, a report was made that a civilian had been struck dead at Ololulunga area in Narok South.
Luckily, this act was captured on a CCTV footage with the jailbird was positively identified at the scene, prompting a security operation that saw him flushed out of his hideout and arrested.
He was found with the same clothes worn in the CCTV footage. The suspect has since confessed to several attacks and showed investigators places where he sold the valuables stolen from his victims.
His confessions lead to the arrest of three more suspects who will be arraigned together with him at the courts upon conclusion of investigations.
It has also been established that the suspect had been previously handed a life sentence for a violent robbery by the Narok Court in 2009, only to be released 15 years later in March, 2024 after an appeal.
Under investigation are six deaths in which the suspect is implicated, all committed between April and October, 2024. He is also facing another charge of robbery robbery with violence.
