A police officer was arraigned in connection with a robbery with violence incident that occurred in Mtito Andei on July 22, 2024.
Facing three charges of robbery with violence, 37-year-old Denis Wafula Wanambisi appeared before the Senior Principal Magistrate’s Court in Makindu.
He pleaded not guilty to all charges and has been granted a bond of Sh1 million, with a surety of the same amount, or a cash bail of Sh500,000.
Wanambisi is currently being detained at Machakos GK Prison.
The case is scheduled for a pre-trial hearing.
Detectives from the Serious Crimes Unit, in collaboration with investigators from DCI Ruiru, apprehended Wanambisi, a police officer stationed at DCI Kibwezi, in connection to a robbery with violence incident that occurred in Mtito Andei on July 22, 2024.
On that day, police received reports of two robberies at Yikisaya Trading Centre within Kibwezi Sub-County.
Responding quickly, officers discovered that a gang of four robbers, dressed in jungle uniforms and armed with a pistol, had entered 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 Sh50,000 in cash, investigating team says.
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 Sh25,850 and two mobile phones.
Preliminary investigations indicated that Wanambisi 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 Wanambisi’s firearm.
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.
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