Missing pistol found abandoned near Githiga police station in Kiambu

A police pistol that had been missing for two months after being stolen was found abandoned behind Githiga Police Station, Githunguri, Kiambu County.

The weapon was reported missing in February 2025 under mysterious circumstances in Limuru.

According to police, the discovery was made by a local working as a Community Service Officer at the Chief's office.

The man was clearing bushes behind the station when he noticed a suspicious blue plastic bag hidden in the thicket.

He opened the bag and found a pistol inside.

Police said he rushed to the station’s report office and informed the officers on duty.

The recovered firearm was identified as a Jericho pistol, belonging to the Kenya police. 

It was found loaded with 15 rounds of 9mm ammunition and showed signs of partial rusting and exposure to mud, indicating it may have been abandoned for some time, the police said.

Preliminary checks linked the firearm to a previous police report filed at Limuru Police Station.

It had been listed in a police communication dated February 16, 2025.

It was taken for forensic analysis. This will inform if it was used in any crime during the period it was missing or before.

Authorities have launched a full investigation to determine how the weapon ended up near a police facility and whether it is connected to any recent criminal activities in the region.

Last week, a police officer was arrested after two women were linked to a pistol whose picture had been posted in their WhatsApp status in Nyando, Kisumu.

Police said after their arrests, the women claimed the Canik pistol belonged to the officer who was at work then.

One of the women had posted a photo of the pistol on her WhatsApp status.

Detectives from the Crime Research and Intelligence Bureau, Nyanza Region, in collaboration with their DCI counterparts from Nyando swung into action and arrested the two women and recovered the Canik pistol in their possession.

Also recovered is a fake motorcycle number plate.

It was then that the women told police the weapon was taken to them by the cop who was almost 400 kilometres away.

He was traced and arrested before being driven to Nyando for arraignment.