By Tajeu Shadrack Nkapapa
Dennis Wafula Wanabisi, a police officer assigned to DCI Kibwezi, has been arrested by detectives from the Serious Crimes Unit in cooperation with investigators from DCI Ruiru. The arrest is related to a violent robbery that took place in Mtito Andei on July 22, 2024.
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations indicates that police officers were notified of two robberies at the Yikisaya Trading Center in Kibwezi Sub-County on that particular day.
Officers responded swiftly and found that four criminals, each with a pistol and wearing jungle costumes, had broken into 021 CLUB.
“They threatened bar attendants and customers, ordering them to surrender their belongings. In the course of the robbery, one bar attendant was shot in the stomach and sustained serious injuries, while the robbers made off with Ksh 50,000 in cash,” the DCI said on an X post.
“The gang then proceeded to Darajani Shopping Centre, where they forced their way into Seton Night Club. There, the robbers fired two shots into the air before robbing bar attendants and customers of Ksh 25,850 and two mobile phones,” added the DCI.
The DCI reported that preliminary investigations indicated that Officer Wanabisi is connected to or may possess information regarding the two robbery incidents.
“Following this revelation, his firearm was confiscated, and the empty cartridges recovered from the scenes of both incidents were sent to DCI Headquarters for ballistic examination. Analysis confirmed that the cartridges were fired from Wanabisi’s firearm,” said the DCI.
The DCI said that on 17th February 2025 the officer has been arraigned before the Makindu Law Courts, where investigators were granted a 14-day custodial order to complete their investigations.
Taking to their official X account the Directorate of Criminal Investigations condemned such behaviour by police officers in the strongest terms possible, asserting that misconduct will be addressed with the full force of the law.