Detectives in Namanga arrested four robbery suspects who on February 10, 2025, invaded the home of an elderly Korean couple at Elmarba within Oloililai, Kajiado County, subjecting them to hours of anguish before making away with valuables.
The suspects were arrested in Mlolongo in
Machakos County and Mukuru Kwa Reuben in the city almost 100 kilometres away from where the crime happened.
Police said one of them is an ex-convict.
A gang of about six men broke into Elmarba Full Gospel missionary church grounds, which hosted the couples' residence, before cutting the grills of a window and accessing the house.
In the 3am ordeal, the gang went ahead to subdue the victims
aged 64 and 60 by tying them with manila ropes, thereafter turning the house
upside down taking four Samsung phones, two laptops, a golden necklace, a
bracelet and a wristwatch, a solar charger among others.
The daring robbers also forced the couple to reveal their mobile money pins where they transferred over Sh260,000, thereafter dismantling the CCTV cameras and disappearing with the hard drive.
Good Samaritans answered faint distress calls moments later, to find a shaken and bruised couple that has served the church as missionaries for quite some time.
Taking over the investigation, detectives from Oloililai backed up by their CRIB counterparts initiated a forensic analysis of the crime scene, obtaining crucial leads that pointed at the four suspects.
The hawkshaws conducted two operations in Mlolongo and Mukuru Kwa Ruben over the past weekend, rounding up the suspects.
From them, two TV sets, two projectors, three mobile phones, two crowbars, a hacksaw, steel cutter among other crude weapons were recovered.
Part of the recovery was positively identified by the victims,
who also positively identified the four suspects as members of the gang that
invaded their home.
The four were arraigned on Monday, February 17 and
custodial orders sought as detectives hunt for the rest of the gang members.
Police
believe the gang knew about the operations of the couple before staging the
attack.
The
embassy in Nairobi was informed about the attack as a formality amid a probe
into the same, police said.
The hunt for more suspects in the attack is ongoing, police said.
