Killer officer lives a fast, dramatic life

Police Corporal Caroline Kangogo, accused of shooting dead a male colleague in Nakuru and another man in Juja, Kiambu county is not new to drama.

Kangogo, 34, hit the headlines on Monday morning when her suspected lover, Constable John Ogweno, who was attached to the Nakuru Central Police Station, was found slumped dead inside his car at Kasarani police line in Nakuru with a gunshot wound on his head.

Kangogo disappeared and only resurfaced in Juja, Kiambu on the same day, in the company of a male companion.

A police signal stated that Kangogo had spent the night with the male companion, identified as Peter Ndwiga, whose body was found at a hotel room in Kiambu.

The two had booked room number 107 at the Hotel Dedamax at 4pm on Monday where they spent the night.

At around 1pm Tuesday, the owner of the hotel, Peter Mugeshi informed the police that one of his clients had been found dead inside a room.

Spent cartridge
CCTV footage captured Kangogo, dressed in a yellow hoodie, leaving the hotel at around 12.30am on Tuesday.

Another screen grab of the footage obtained from cameras at the VIP lounge shows her walking into the hotel with the deceased.

Detectives, led by Juja Sub-County Police Commander visited the scene where it was established that the two booked the room on July 5.

At the scene, police recovered a spent cartridge and a car key for a Toyota Probox. DCI detectives claim Kangogo lured the man to the room after paying for it, before shooting him on the head at point-blank.

“She later told an attendant working at the guest house that she had gone to buy toothpaste, before making her escape,” a statement by DCI states.

The body of the man, which was discovered on the bed in the hotel room, had one shoe on. The man was fully clothed.

An exhibit obtained by detectives is a blood-stained receipt indicating they paid Sh3,020 on Monday, just hours after the body of Ogweno was found in his car.

A police signal released yesterday indicated that Kangogo was last seen boarding a motorbike and heading towards Nairobi using Thika Road early yesterday morning.

“On 7/7/2021 at around 0215hrs information was received at the DCI hotline from Kahawa Wendani of a caller who reported that Kangogo, an officer trending over the shooting of Ogweno and another unknown person in Juja had been spotted around Kahawa Wendani area, Celvet Club, after which she hopped onto a motorbike and headed towards Nairobi via Thika road and exited at Drive-Inn,” reads the signal.