Four cops attached to Langata DCI charged with robbery with violence

Four police officers attached to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) Langata have been charged with robbery with violence.

The four who include Anthony Muvaka, Cornelius Stephen, Tom Omondi and Kennedy Omondi appeared before Chief Magistrate Wendy Michemi and were granted a bond of Ksh 500,000 and one surety and a cash bail of Ksh 300,000 each.

The case will be mentioned on the 3rd of March 2022 for pretrial directions.

The four who were arrested by Serious Crimes detectives are accused of abducting Vincent Ochieng Odembo at NextGen Mall on February 6, 2022, at 13:45 pm.

Court documents indicate the four were armed with two AK 47 riffles and two Ceska pistols which they used to forcefully rob Odembo.

According to a DCI report, Odembo had requested a taxi by the roadside along Mombasa Road and was accosted by the officers before being forcefully bundled in a waiting Subaru that had five occupants.

Whilst in the vehicle, the in-charge Corporal Tom Otieno forcefully transferred Ksh 40,000 from the victim’s Mpesa account to his Mpesa account.

They then proceeded to the victim’s apartment where they took a further  USD 2,400 from him before dumping him at Choma Zone located at Total petrol station along Mombasa Road, after a 2-hour ordeal.

The following day, the victim went to Akira police station to make his report, only to find the vehicle he had been bundled into parked at the station.

The DCI then say that he immediately rushed to their headquarters where he reported his discovery at the Serious Crimes unit.

Investigations were launched immediately and the serious crimes detectives established that the vehicle indeed belonged to DCI Langata.

All the four officers who were involved in the criminal act were then arrested and positively identified by the victim in an identification parade conducted at DCI HQ.