Detectives drawn from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) are holding a married woman who faked her own kidnapping to elope with a taxi driver for a weekend getaway.
The woman was reported to have disappeared from her home on Friday, September 17, leaving her husband in distress.
The middle-aged woman then made a distress call to her husband claiming to have been kidnapped by unknown people who were demanding a Ksh200,000 ransom.
Her kin and the husband raised Ksh17,000 and sent it to the alleged kidnappers.
The woman and the taxi driver withdrew the money then booked themselves into a hotel in Malaa, Machakos County and started enjoying the ransom.
A further Ksh40,000 was sent on Monday, September 19, and the two traveled from Malaa to Mtito Andei to withdraw the money and continue with their enjoyment.
Her husband had already filed a missing person’s report at the DCI offices in Embakasi claiming that his wife was kidnapped as she was walking along Loita Street in Nairobi's Central Business District.
The detectives swung into action tracking her using her phone.
However, as the detectives were closing in on them, the alleged kidnapper had promised his 21-year-old girlfriend, who is a student at the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, that he would take her out over the weekend.
The girlfriend kept calling until the alleged kidnapper decided to change the car to go and pick her in Juja.
As detectives later established after apprehending them, the three had moved to a one-room rental in Sagana in order to throw the detectives off balance.
The married woman, justifying her move, stated that she had forced her disappearance to get away from creditors, who were on her neck since she lost her job.
The three were transferred to Embakasi Police Station awaiting charges.
