Police investigating the theft of 10 trays of eggs from Deputy President William Ruto's Sugoi farm received instruction on how to handle the case.
Eldoret West police boss Zachariah Bittok told Nation that they were asked to drop the case and let the parties involved solve the matter.
"Though initial investigations revealed that the four workers, who are residents in the homestead, were involved in the stealing of the eggs, we have received instructions from above to allow the affected parties to solve the matter outside the court,” Bittok told journalists.
Without revealing the identity of the source of the instructions, Bittok stated that the matter had been blown out of proportion.
Four workers, among them two men and two women, were arrested and taken to Turbo Police Station on Tuesday following the Monday theft.
"All the workers denied knowledge of the missing eggs and the manager started a search and discovered that the four suspects had hidden the crates in one section of the farm.
"We recovered trays from various suspects. Some had two, three and so forth. We are questioning the suspects," Bitokk had told journalists on Tuesday.
The crates of eggs stolen were valued at Ksh2,500 and were discovered missing from the expansive farm at around 11 am on Monday.
On Wednesday, Cherangany MP Joshua Kutuny sarcastically praised police for moving in swiftly to arrest the suspects but challenged them to employ the same approach when dealing with leaders suspected to have looted public funds.
“People who steal trays of eggs are quickly arrested and put on trial but when it comes to leaders who are stealing billions of public funds, police hesitate to take action," Kutuny commented during Labour Day celebrations at Uhuru Park.
