Dennis Wafula Wanabisi, a police officer stationed at the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) Kibwezi, Makueni County was on Monday, February 17 arraigned before the Makindu Law Courts over charges of robbery with violence.
The investigators were granted a 14-day custodial order to complete their investigations on the officer.
Wanabisi was arrested by detectives from the Serious Crimes Unit, in collaboration with investigators from DCI Ruiru.
The police officer is linked to a robbery with violence incident that occurred in Mtito Andei on July 22, 2024.
On that fateful day, police received reports of two robberies at Yikisaya Trading Centre within Kibwezi Sub-County.
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They responded quickly and discovered that a gang of four people dressed in jungle uniforms had entered a night club threatened bar attendants and customers to surrender their belongings.
During the incident, one bar attendant was shot in the stomach before the robber made off with Ksh 50,000.
“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 Ksh 50,000 in cash,” DCI said in a statement.
The gang then proceeded to Darajani Shopping Centre, where they forced their way into Seton Night Club.
The robbers fired two shots into the air before robbing bar attendants and customers of Ksh 25,850 and two mobile phones.
Preliminary investigations indicated that Wanabisi is connected to the two robbery incidents.
His firearm was confiscated, and the empty cartridges recovered from the scenes of both incidents were sent to DCI Headquarters for ballistic examination.
An analysis confirmed that the cartridges recovered from the scene were fired from Wanabisi’s firearm.
“The Directorate of Criminal Investigations condemns such behaviour by police officers in the strongest terms possible, asserting that misconduct will be addressed with the full force of the law,” DCI added.
