Police officials have arrested the primary suspect in a 7-hour armed robbery in Nyamira.

Detectives caught the culprit, Joseph Otieno Kevuva, and placed him at the crime scene before following him to his refuge in Kondele, Kisumu.

PHOTO | COURTESY police line

"Police in Nyamira have intensified pursuit for a ruthless gang of over ten armed men who on 23rd October 2023 staged a brazen siege of a homestead in Keroka's Kierira village for over 7 hours, violently robbing, gang-raping and gang-defiling scores." reads the DCI statement.

"After subduing the victims with beatings and death threats, members of the gang who were armed with a pistol, machetes and other crude weapons forced themselves into three of the women in turns, before escaping with their loot after 7hrs of inflicting untold terror and trauma on the hostages. Reportedly, the incident happened from 9pm to 4am on the fateful night." reads the DCI statement.

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KEY SUSPECT IN NYAMIRA'S 7-HOUR ARMED ROBBERY ARRESTED.


He is thought to have been a member of a 10-man gang who besieged a homestead in Keroka's Kierira village, viciously stealing, gang-raping, and defiling hundreds.

"In the abominable incident that involved the attack of over 13 victims found within the homestead, assorted mobile phones, over Sh130,000 in cash and more hundreds of thousands withdrawn from ATM banks were stolen," the DCI said in a press release. 

PHOTO | COURTESY police car

A nominated female MCA, a principal at a local high school, a CEC in Nyamira County Government, a Kenya Prisons officer, and a nurse at Nyamira County Hospital were among the victims of the marauding group.

An 80-year-old woman, a college student, and a high school student were among the other victims.

The gang is reported to have subdued the victims with beatings and death threats from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. on October 23 before gang-raping three ladies and beating their feet as dawn broke.

As the investigation into the incident continued, the victims were treated at several hospitals throughout the county, and samples were taken from the sexually molested victims.