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DCI Detectives have arrested Onesmas Kipkoech Tiony in connection with the murder of Inspector Prosper Ojiambo Wandera. 

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have arrested Onesmas Kipkoech Tiony in connection with the murder of Inspector Prosper Ojiambo Wandera after being on the run for nearly two years and nine months. 

In a statement on Sunday, November 15, DCI said Wandera was serving as the Deputy Officer Commanding Rumuruti Police Station in Laikipia County when he was murdered. 

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Tiony was apprehended on Saturday, November 14, 2026, during a coordinated operation involving Homicide detectives, officers from DCI Laikipia West and personnel from Rumuruti Police Station.

“For nearly two years and nine months, Onesmas Kipkoech Tiony remained a fugitive, evading justice following the brutal murder of Inspector Prosper Ojiambo Wandera, then Deputy Officer Commanding Rumuruti Police Station. But the long arm of the law has finally caught up with him,” DCI said. 

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File image of Onesmas Kipkoech Tiony. 

Tiony’s arrest followed extensive investigations and forensic analysis that helped detectives trace his whereabouts and hideout.

Wandera was found murdered on February 16, 2024, in Maundu Meri area of Rumuruti Town. 

According to the DCI, the officer had sustained a stab wound to the left side of his chest.

“The chilling murder unfolded on 16 February 2024, when Inspector Wandera was found lying in a pool of blood in Maundu Meri area of Rumuruti Town, Laikipia County. A gaping stab wound to the left side of his chest told the grim story of a violent end,” DCI said. 

Following the incident, the suspect allegedly fled the scene and went into hiding, prompting detectives to launch investigations. 

During the arrest, the detectives also recovered a motorcycle believed to have been used by the suspect to flee the scene following the murder.

 The suspect is currently in police custody undergoing processing pending arraignment.

This comes weeks after detectives arrested two suspects in connection with a murder and a separate stabbing incident reported in Lindi, Kibra, Nairobi County, following an intelligence-led operation in the area.

In a statement on Thursday, October 29, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said the incidents occurred on October 23, leaving one man dead and another seriously injured in separate attacks as they made their way to work.

In the first incident, 49-year-old Jacob Odhiambo Alube was fatally attacked by assailants who robbed him of his valuables, including his mobile phone.

When he attempted to resist the robbery, the attackers stabbed him in the chest and left thigh before fleeing the scene.

Police officers who responded to the incident found Alube dead at the scene, with evidence pointing to a struggle between him and his attackers.

In a separate incident reported on the same morning, 58-year-old Juma Jared was attacked and stabbed multiple times by two assailants. 

He sustained injuries to his upper left arm, the left side of his chest and his lower left back.

The investigations led detectives to conduct an intelligence-led operation in the Kingstone area of Lindi, Kibra, where they arrested two suspects identified as Abdizar Suleiman and Stephen Litari Hussein.