- The seized product is claimed to have originated in Uganda, however, it is not clear when it arrived in Kenya.
- A 43-year-old man died after falling from the fourth floor of a house under construction in Nairobi’s Marurui area.
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A multi-agency sting operation led by the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) recovered 16 tonnes of illegally imported powder milk in the Eastleigh area, Nairobi.
The seized product is claimed to have originated in Uganda. It is not clear when it arrived in Kenya.
The team comprising officers from Kenya Dairy Board, police and Kenya Revenue Authority broke into the godown where the product was being repackaged.
The team found workers rebranding the powdered milk in locally configured packets, witnesses said.
The staff were detained and grilled on the spot, as the police sought information on the warehouse and its ownership.
Officials said the traders lacked supporting documents to back their imports.
Woman shot dead
A 28-year-old woman was shot and killed in an ambush by gunmen along the Kitale-Lodwar highway in Turkana.
Doreen Nekesa was killed as she and her brother Geoffrey Wanjala, 33, rode on a motorcycle to Lodwar to search for a job.
Police said the incident happened on August 4 along the Kainuk-Kakong highway between KWS and Kainuk.
Wanjala was from Kitale heading to Lodwar while carrying his sister Doreen when the incident happened.
According to police, on reaching the said area, they were attacked by five gunmen who shot at them.
The rider sustained gunshot wounds on the right lower limb and upper chest, while the sister was shot in the head and died on the spot.
Thugs break into a church
An unknown number of thieves broke into a church in Nakuru and stole an assortment of valuables.
Police said the incident happened at Holy Trinity Catholic Church Mlimani at the weekend.
A catechist at the church told police he had opened the church on Sunday and found one of the windows open.
Upon checking the priest’s room he found some of the valuables missing.
The items included a chalice, pattern, ciborium, golden cross, pixy, bell, monstrance, aspersorium, treble, and incense bowl.
The thieves also stole a laptop and a holy water bowl.
Worker dies at a construction site
A 43-year-old man died after falling from the fourth floor of a house under construction in Nairobi’s Marurui area.
David Mwai was among workers at a site in the area when he slid and fell on Thursday morning, police and witnesses said.
A foreman at the site said the workers were offloading marine boards from the fourth floor when Mwai slid and fell off.
He was rushed to Ruiru Level 4 Hospital where he succumbed due to direct impact to the lower limb and the chest.
Police were called to the scene and ordered the construction works to stop pending further probe.
Guard killed by criminals
A night guard was beaten to death by armed thugs who raided his workplace in Butula, Busia county.
Police said the incident happened on Tuesday morning and involved about ten men.
The body of Ezekiel Ogutu Millo was found in a pool of blood at the scene long after the attackers had left, police said.
His colleagues told police that the men posed as sellers of assorted household goods to access the premises only to pull out pangas and tie the four guards on duty.
They then broke into several shops and stole property of unknown value.
Killers of Kayole cop known - police
A team of detectives has been set up to pursue a gang of three that shot and killed their colleague in an attack in Kayole, Nairobi.
The team says they have a clue on the killers after analysing spent cartridges collected from the scene where constable David Mayaka of DCI Makadara was gunned down in the Mihango area on Tuesday night.
The bullets, according to a police officer aware of the issue said had been linked to an ex-convict.
Officials handling the matter said the ex-convict has also been linked to two other robberies in the area.
“We understand he and his gang have escaped this area and are hiding in the Githurai area. We want them to surrender,” an officer based at Nairobi Area DCI said.
The team visited the scene where the shooting happened and reviewed CCTV footage that captured the shooting before concluding it was a robbery gone bad.
Investigators say the gang was operating using two motorcycles at the time of the incident with one carrying two pillion passengers and the other with only a rider.