DCI ARREST THREE GANG MEMBERS LINKED TO ROBBERIES IN NYAMIRA AND KISII COUNTIES

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has announced the arrest of three notorious robbery suspects. In a statement on Wednesday, August 27 2025, DCI said the three notorious suspects are linked to a series of violent robberies in Nyamira and Kisii counties.
"The reign of terror by a dreaded gang of three linked to violent robberies and defilement across Nyamira and Kisii has come to an end. After a painstaking probe, detectives from the Crime Research and Intelligence Bureau (CRIB) linked the criminals to at least three separate heists: two in Ramaha and one in Magena," DCI said in a statement on X.
In the statement, DCI narrated how the suspect robbed a 96-year-old grandmother after pretending to be seeking prayers at her house. On the fateful day, the suspects knocked on the door of the granny, a devoted Catholic. She thought that the three had visited him for prayers, but they ate everything in the house before making away with all the electronics in the house.
"In one incident, the gang struck at the home of a 96-year-old grandmother in the dead of night. The devout Catholic, perhaps hoping to save their soul, offered a prayer for her uninvited visitors. The gang respectfully bowed their heads, but the holiness stopped there. Minutes later, the gang guzzled down all the milk she had kept in a flask for her medication, ate every edible crumb in sight, and made away with all the electronics in the house," detectives said. Following leads, detectives mounted an operation that smoked the trio William Obiero Gekonge, James Mogaka Otego, and Justus Ondieki Nyabuto out of their hideouts in Kisii.
During the operation, detectives recovered stolen electronics and a motorcycle the gang had been using in their criminal escapades.
The suspects are currently in custody, undergoing processing pending arraignment.