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MURDER INCIDENT

BARINGO COUNTY, BARINGO CENTRAL SUB-COUNTY,
KABARNET POLICE STATION.
SUBJECT: MURDER INCIDENT REPORT.
Ref. my OB no. 02/23/04/2021at 0020hrs . It occurred on 22/04/2021 at around 2300hrs at seguton sub Location Kator area M/R ZR 810062 about 1Km North of the station. It was reported by one Samwel Kimwetich of mobile phone 0720109248.He reported that he heard a woman scream from his neighbour’s house and went out to check.He peeped through the window and saw the lady by the name Irine Suke(deceased) on the floor and blood oozing from her body.A man identified as Caleb kiptoo was also lying on the floor and reeling in pain. It is alleged that the two have been living together and were involved in domestic squabble. It is suspected that the man stabbed the lady and tried to commit suicide. Scene visited by police,processed and the body of the deceased with several stab wounds on the left side of the chest removed to Baringo County Referral Hospital Mortuary pending postmortem and the injured taken to the same facility for treatment with three stab wound on the left of the chest and in critical condition. Case P.U.I

DRAMA AS POLICE STORM A PUB WHERE PEOPLE WERE HAVING ONE FOR THE ROAD DESPITE THE BAN!WATU WAMERUKA JUU YA NYUMBA WENGINE WAMEUMIA!

INSIDE KENYA’S MOST ELITE POLICE UNIT

ERT squad

If asked to name a counterterrorism unit in Kenya, most people would probably think of the elite and highly feared Anti-Terror Police Unit (ATPU), DCI.

The special unit took centre stage during the Dusit D2 terror attack in January 2019. Although 21 lives were lost, more than 700 people were safely evacuated from the building complex and all the terrorists killed.

However, the fact that the heinous attack was discovered to have been planned and executed by Kenyan citizens warranted the formation of an elite unit to deal with the threat within.

In the first ever Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) magazine published on August 31 2020, Director George Kinoti gave a rare glimpse into Kenya’s most elite police unit dubbed ERT (Emergency Response Team).

DCI boss with the squad commander

Having been birthed due to the horrific terror attack, the special unit is only called out on the biggest and most sensitive incidents.

These regional teams handle most armed incidents in the country, from flushing out terrorists holed up in Boni Forest, to attacks in the North-Eastern part of the country.

On June 5, 2020 DCI Kinoti unveiled the special unit upon successful completion of a rigorous training period, with some of the manoeuvres and drills instilled on members of the unit falling under the ‘classified’ category.

Clad in full combat gear, balaclavas and armed to the teeth with an array of weapons including the Spanish made CZ Scorpion EVO 3 A1 airsoft rifle and the Belgian-made FN SCAR rifle, the members of the team members cut a mean-looking unit.

Their special assault rifles have doubled stacked magazines. This makes it heavier which works exactly in they way they want it to as a heavier gun recoils less, making it lethally accurate. The other obvious advantage to a double stack magazine is the added ammunition.

The level of equipment and level of training of these units varies greatly depending on the threat at hand.

“A platoon of young energetic officers are headhunted for this endeavour,” DCI Kinoti revealed.

They then undertake specialized training crucial for offensive operations that enhance practicable capability in its routine and emergent operational deployments.

These include basic and advanced anti-terrorism courses, combat and sport shooting, marksmanship, radio communication, urban surveillance, sensitive site exploitation, sniping, casualty care and hostage evacuation.

The team in partnership with other specialized counter-terrorism units that include the Special Program for Embassy Augmentation Response (SPEAR), RECCE and others across the disciplined forces carry out regular military manoeuvres that include intelligent and tactical approach in handling terror incidents.

These annual manoeuvres take several days and are usually witnessed by all top heads of the participating services and forces led by the Commander-in-Chief.

The key aim of this exercise is to nurture and cultivate the multi agency cooperation, making their actions during an emergency as fluid as water.

According to reports, the unit also undergoes a rigorous training exercise overseen by some of the worlds most lethal police units in Israel and the UK.

THE DIG KENYA POLICE SERVICE APPROVES RESHUFFLING OF SENIOR POLICE OFFICERS

Deputy Inspector General Edward Mbugua has approved the deployment and reshuffling of senior police officers within the National Police Service (NPS).

Several senior officers, (OCSs), have been moved within the counties while some have been moved from one division to another within the same county.

The reshuffle has affected police officers under the Traffic department, Maritime, Railways, Security Detail, Chaplaincy, Logistics, Operations, Reforms, Directorate and Legal affairs.

Two weeks ago, IG Mutyambai ordered the reshuffle of dozens of Ward Commanders popularly known as Officers Commanding Station (OCS).
This followed complaints that some of them had overstayed at their stations for long. To further strengthen police command at the grassroots, all chiefs’ camps, which were initially manned by APs, were converted into police posts.

Earlier in March, Inspector General of Police Hilary Mutyambai announced the promotion of at least 20 senior police officers after the changes were approved by the National Police Service Commission.

Some of those promoted to the same rank were the IG’s principal assistant Gideon Munga Nyale, deputy director of National Air Support Department (NASD) Rodgers Mbithi, and the director of the Internal Affairs Unit Mohamed Amin.

Others include the head of the Border Patrol Unit College in Kanyonyo, Abdulahi Aden, Railways Police Commandant Peter Ndung’u, head of logistics at Administration Police, and former spokesman Masood Mwinyi and director of personnel at Kenya Police headquarters Boniface Maingi.

The new police appointments also saw several regional commanders promoted to the rank of Assistant Inspector General of Police. Some of the regional commanders promoted include the head of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations in Nairobi Bernard Nyakwaka, Nyanza regional police commander Karanja Muiruri, Central’s Augustine Nthumbi and DCI’s deputy director of investigations bureau Carey Nyawinda.

Officials said Mutyambai would announce more changes soon.

The service commanders have been operating in acting capacity hence affecting the general command and order, with the full list of the changes to be shared later by National Police Service.

The list continues

ARREST OF A POLICE OFFICER

MOMBASA COUNTY
CHANGAMWE SUB COUNTY
CHANGAMWE POLICE STATION
SUBJECT: INCIDENT REPORT. Refer my OB O4/26/04/2021 at 0246 hrs. It was reported to the station by No. 238005 Pc Jeremiah mungwana through his mobile phone 0710592086 while he was on his way from wayani area to the station where he had gone to drop two security guards namely

  1. Paul mutinda of tel 0703865329 and
  2. Gideon Tanui of tel 0738324227 who had earlier reported a stealing report vide changamwe On No. 59/25/04/2021 at 2255hrs where an accused person was arrested and recovery of a metal pipe/bar was made and when he had arrived Mainland area MR 396402 around 1km East of the station he saw two people wearing police jungle uniform who flagged him down and when he stopped the two attacked him.As he was trying to defend himself he was able to recognize one of them as a police officer by name Maxwell.The officer sustained slight bruises on the right hand. A backup team from changamwe police station that was nearby responded immediately and the two were arrested and escorted to the station. Upon interrogation it was established that the two were 1. No. 112130 PC Nyongesa who was wearing a police smoke jacket and had one teargas. The officer was transferred to daadab police station in the year 2020 and had his residence within changamwe where his family used to stay. 2. civilian namely Lamek Juma a luhya male adult aged 29yrs in police smoke jacket, millitary trousers and a jungle hat. The officer’s residence in Migadini was raided and several Government items recovered. All placed in custody awaiting further police action.Case P.U.I

SENTENCED TO JAIL

A man who pleaded guilty to being found in possession of uncustomed goods was sentenced to a one-year jail term. 32-year-old Joseph Mwangi had been arrested by detectives from the Special Service Unit, for being found in possession of 25 drums of ethanol.

The drums that were full to the brim with the chemical compound, had been carefully loaded into a lorry that he was driving and concealed using 50 sacks of maize, to create a false impression that he was transporting maize.

Ethanol

However, detectives working on a tip-offintercepted the lorry in Ruaka, Kiambu county. In a ruling made at the Kibera law courts yesterday by Senior Resident Magistrate Charles Mwaniki, the suspect was convicted to a one year jail term on his own plea of guilty, with an option of a Sh250,000 fine.

The magistrate further ordered that the 5,000 litres of ethanol be forfeited to the state, through the Kenya Revenue Authority who shall be at liberty to dispose it & recover the unpaid taxes. Meanwhile, the lorry shall be released to its owner & the maize restored to the accused.

We congratulate the court for the fast and judicious judgment, since the ethanol could also go a along way in making the government free sanitizers.

RAPE OF A PRISON WARDER OFFICER

SUBJECT: INCIDENT REPORT.

MERU COUNTY, IMENTI NORTH SUB-COUNTY, MERU POLICE STATION.

Reference is to OB No. 40/26/4 /2021 recorded at 1300 hours. It was report by No. 2017142131 PC Christne Nzavi Mwendwa aged 26 years a Prison Warder at Meru Women Prison that on 24/4/2021 at around 1700 hours as she was walking to Maguna Supermarket for shopping from GK Prison lines Meru, she lost her memory and later regained it at around 0200 hours and found herself lying naked in a locked lodging room within Makutano township having had been raped by a person not known to her. She raised an alarm and was rescued by the lodging management. The reportee was treated and discharged from Nairobi women’s hospital Meru in a stable condition. The scene was visited and investigation in progress.Case PUI.

BUNGOMA MAN WHO IMPREGNATED MOTHER IN-LAW TO UNDERGO CLEANSING.

Bungoma Man Who Impregnated Mother-in-law To Undergo Cleansing

A 32-year-old man in Bungoma has left the area in shock and disbelief after he allegedly impregnated his wife’s mother.

It is reported that the mother in laws had gone to visit them and help her daughter in taking care of her new born.

The man identified as Kelvin Wiliba however did not denied having slept with the mother in law who is 43-year-old.

The wife, Nekesa said that she blamed herself for inviting her mother to her home.

“I am a full time employee and I don’t have enough money to hire a househelp. I therefore invited my mother to come over and help as I make plans to get a househelp,” the wife said.

Defending herself, the mother in law said that she has been single for long and didn’t see anything wrong with sleeping with her son in law.

“I am not married and was struggling with intense dry spell. I found it hard to reject Kelvin advances,” the mother in law said.

The area village elders said that they will conduct a cleansing ceremony to avert any taboo that might befall the family and community.

This comes barely three days ago where another Man in Murang’a County impregnated his mother in law.

RECOVERY OF G3 RIFLE FROM A DRUNKEN POLICE OFFICER.

MAKADARA SUBCOUNTY, INDUSTRIAL AREA POLICE STATION

SUBJECT RECOVERY OF G3 RIFLE FROM A DRUNKEN OFFICER INCIDENT REPORT.
PLEASE REFER TO INDO AREA OB 72/23/4/2021 AT 21.10 HRS.IT WAS REPORTED BY NO. 206051 CPL DISMUS ORANGO OF COMMERCIAL POLICE POST WITHIN INDUSTRIAL COMMAND THAT AT AROUND 8.30 PM WHILE DRIVING HIS CAR REG. NO. KCR 155 Q MAKE TOYOTA RACTIS HE ENTERED OLA PETROL STATION ALONG ENTERPRISE ROAD AT DT DOBIE ROUND ABOUT AND AS HE WAS COMING OUT OF THE SAID PETROL STATION WHILE ENTERING THE MAIN ENTERPRISE ROAD HE WAS HIT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE KBQ 215 J MITSUBISH DOUBLE CABIN L 200 HE STOPPED CAME OUT OF THE VEHICLE THE OTHER DRIVER WHO WAS IN FULL AP UNIFORM ALSO CAME OUT WHILE STAGGERING. TWO CIVILIANS ALSO CAME OUT OF THE PICK UP ONE WITH RASTAS AND WAS HOLDING A G3 RIFLE ON INTERROGATING HIM HE LIED TO HIM THAT HE WORKS WITH GSU. HE SUSPECTED THAT HE COULD NOT BE A GSU OFFICER WITH RASTAS AND GRABBED THE SAID G3 AND A SMALL POCKET PHONE BELIEVED TO BE BELONGING TO UNKNOWN SECURITY FIRM IMMEDIATELY BOTH CIVILIANS RAN AWAY TO UNKNOWN DESTINATION LEAVING THE DRUNK OFFICER AT THE SCENE. THE CPL CALLED FOR REINFORCEMENT AND THE DUTY OFFICER RUSHED TO THE SCENE AND HELPED IN ARRESTING THE OFFICER AND ESCORTED HIM TO THE POLICE STATION. AT THE STATION IT WAS ESTABLISHED THAT HE WAS NO. 243702 APC DANIEL MBUGUA WACHIRA WHO WAS ON GUARD DUTIES AT KAREN AT THE RESIDENCE OF JUSTICE NZIOKA YET TO BE CONFIRMED.HE APPEARED VERY DRUNK AND COULD NOT STATE WHERE THEY WERE HEADING TO. IT IS SUSPECTED THAT THEY WERE GOING TO COMMIT A FELONY AT UNKNOWN DESTINATION. THE SAID G3 S/ NO FMP 403777 WITH ONE MAGAZINE LOADED WITH 20 RDS RECOVERED AND A POCKET PHONE S/ NO. NOT VISIBLE KEPT IN THE ARMOURY AS EXHIBIT FOR SAFE CUSTODY AND THE OFFICER BOOKED IN CUSTODY WHILE APPEARING DRUNK. CASE P.U.I