Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have arrested a man suspected of murdering a senior police officer in Rumuruti, Laikipia County, following a lengthy manhunt.
In a statement on Sunday, November 15, the DCI identified the suspect, who had allegedly been evading arrest since the killing of Inspector Prosper Ojiambo Wandera.
Wandera was the then Deputy Officer Commanding Rumuruti Police Station when he was killed in the Maundu Meri area of Rumuruti Town.
According to the DCI, the officer was found lying in a pool of blood with a stab wound on the left side of his chest.
The incident prompted detectives to launch an investigation after the suspect allegedly fled the scene and went into hiding.
Wandera, according to preliminary reports, was killed while conducting an operation at an illicit alcohol den in Maundu Ni Meri on February 16, 2023.
At the time, Laikipia County Police Commander John Nyoike said the officer had received information that a consignment of chang'aa was being delivered to a drinking den in the area.
Wandera reportedly travelled to the location on a motorcycle to make an arrest but encountered resistance during the operation. He was allegedly stabbed in the chest with a knife and died at the scene.