The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has arrested three suspects linked to a series of robbery with violent incidents that resulted in the deaths of four security guards.
In a statement on Saturday, February 1, DCI confirmed the arrests of Albert Otieno, Farid Kimutai, and John Okumu, who are connected to the robberies and murders in Gem, Yala Sub-County, Siaya County.
The murder incidents occurred within a span of less than one month, from January 2, 2025, to January 29, 2025.
“Three notorious suspects, Albert Otieno, Farid Kimutai and John Okumu, linked to a series of robbery with violence incidents that have plagued Gem Yala Sub-County and surrounding areas, have finally been arrested,” read the statement in part.
“After meeting their waterloo, the suspects are in police custody, undergoing processing as they await their court appearance.”
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DCI Arrests Suspects Linked to Deaths of Four Security Guards in One Month
According to the DCI, the trio has been mercilessly killing the security guards before fleeing with stolen items.
“Detectives have been actively pursuing the suspects for their involvement in a robbery with violence incident that took place on January 3, 2025, at a timber yard and hardware store near Ulumbi Junction along the Kisumu-Busia highway,” DCI added
“On that day, the trio mercilessly attacked and killed the watchman, Jesse Kalasinga, 40 and brazenly stole assorted hardware goods.”
Additionally, the DCI revealed that on January 20, the suspects, along with other accomplices, vandalized a transformer in a market, causing a power outage in the area.
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The detectives further stated that the suspects went on to kill another security guard and injure another victim before stealing accessories.”
“In a shocking display of brutality, on January 20, 2025, at Nyang’oma Market, the three together with their accomplices vandalized a transformer, causing a power outage in the said market,” the statement read further.
“They thereafter ruthlessly killed the watchman, Absalom Sande, aged 29, and seriously injured another, Francis Nyambese, aged 42, before breaking into a phone accessories shop and stealing a Dell laptop, three smartphones, and other valuables.”
At the same time, DCI said the suspects continued their terror reign on January 29, 2025, at Yala Market, where they fatally injured guards Jesse Otieno, 35, and Edward Ochieng, 40.
They afterwards broke into a shop and made off with assorted airtime scratch cards, smartphones and valuable merchandise.
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