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Amos Khaemba is a Current Affairs Editor at TUKO.co.ke, covering crime and court news. Khaemba has over four years of journalism experience and joined TUKO.co.ke in 2022.
A suspect who spent nearly three years evading arrest over the murder of a senior police officer has been taken into custody following a coordinated operation by DCI detectives and officers in Laikipia County.
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) confirmed the arrest on Sunday, November 15, 2026, naming the suspect as Onesmas Kipkoech Tiony, who had been at large since the killing of Inspector Prosper Ojiambo Wandera on February 16, 2024.
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Inspector Wandera was serving as Deputy Officer Commanding Rumuruti Police Station at the time of his death. He was discovered in the Maundu Meri area of Rumuruti Town, Laikipia County, with a stab wound to the left side of his chest. His body was found lying in a pool of blood.
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Tiony fled the scene immediately after the killing and went into hiding, triggering a manhunt that would stretch…