Officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) were treated to amusement when they arrested a woman who reportedly stole Ksh4 million and an assortment of jewellery from her employer three weeks ago.
According to a report by DCI, detectives pounced on the woman identified as Miriam Mwelu and her partner Timothy Akoi at the home of a witch doctor in Gachie, Kiambu county.
Police say they stormed the witch doctor’s house just when Mwelu was being immersed in a basin containing a concoction of blood drawn from a dead fowl, whose features resembled a cockerel.
“Upon noticing the detectives, the elderly witchdoctor pronounced endless incantations in an attempt to keep them away,” the DCI report further stated.
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Mwelu who had closed her eyes as directed by the medicine man police say, was brought to reality when one of the officers said to her, “mama bado tuko hapa vaa nguo twende.”
“A set of paraphernalia forming part of the witch doctor’s tools of the trade including horns, feathers and cowrie shells were recovered. Among the services offered by the witch doctor as detailed on a long list seen by the detectives was ‘Kutoshikwa na DCI’ attracting a fee of Ksh5,000,” DCI added.
Later, the suspect led the detectives to her parents’ home in Ithanga, Murang’a county, where Ksh1.57million was recovered. Also recovered was the jewellery stolen from the woman’s employer.
