NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 23 — A police constable attached to the Diplomatic Police has been taken into custody on charges related to robbery with violence.
Jedidah Kasungo Kasolo was arrested on Friday following an order from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions issued on August 7.
She will be presented in Kitui Law Courts on Monday.
Cases of police officers engaging in criminal activities have been reported in different parts of the country raising concerns about the integrity of law enforcement officers.
On August 3, two police officers were apprehended in Kiambu’s Juja area over a similar offence in which victims lost Sh500,000.
Authorities said the suspects were apprehended as they returned to the scene of crime.
The officers attached to Kamkunji police in Nairobi were arrested by their Juja counterparts as they revisited a scene they had earlier on robbed two men of more than Sh500,000 when they were arrested.
The initial robbery happened on July 31 along Kenyatta Road, police said.
Car jerkings
A victim, Robinson Mogaka who is a student at the Mackakos University told police he was driving a salon car after attending a ceremony in Embu when he was blocked by another car.
Three men armed with pistols jumped out and handcuffed the victim demanding that he takes them to his friend identified as Abdulrahaman Juma.
Authorities said they suspect the officers had been trailing the university student who was using a rented car at the time.
On arrival at Juma’s house, the officers also handcuffed him and forced both of them to take them to Total petrol station in Marurui area along Northern Bypass.
There, they forced the two to fuel their (officers’) car for Sh6,000.
They also forced Robinson to transfer Sh85,000 from his mobile phone and US$4,3000 from both complainants through Binance online transactions before abandoning them.
