Police in Kisumu have arrested two suspects in connection with the theft of Ksh3 million worth of energy equipment from the Manyatta Kona Maji area. The suspects allegedly received the stolen items from vandals and resold them for illegal electricity connections.

• The Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) security team collaborated with law enforcement in the arrests.
• Stolen items include steady bars, crossarm channels, stay wire, insulators, and conductors.
• According to security service manager Geoffrey Kigen, vandalism frequently causes power disruptions.
• The Energy Act 2018 imposes a Ksh5 million fine or a five-year prison sentence for tampering with electricity infrastructure.
• This follows a western region case where a man received a six-year jail term or a Ksh10.2 million fine for similar offenses.

Detectives have apprehended a suspected mastermind behind a series of stupefying and theft incidents targeting bus passengers traveling across Kenya and neighbouring countries. The suspect was arrested at the Mariakani Weighbridge, ending a crime spree that left many travelers financially devastated.

• The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) confirmed the arrest of the suspect, who had been on their radar.
• Victims, drugged while traveling to destinations like Mombasa, Kisumu, and Tanzania, would wake up to find their valuables and money stolen.
• A search uncovered incriminating evidence, including tablets of a psychoactive drug, soft drinks, and snacks believed to be laced with sedatives.
• The suspect is in custody, and police urge the public to remain vigilant when accepting food or drinks from strangers during long-distance travel.

Eight students from Litein Boys High School will spend seven days in custody after being arraigned on charges of arson, burglary, and malicious damage to school property.

• Kericho Principal Magistrate Fredrick Nyakundi ordered their detention at Litein Police Station for further investigation.
• The court barred the public and press from publishing images or videos of the suspects.
• Initial reports linked the unrest to a denied request to watch a football match, but preliminary investigations suggest a refusal to sit Apex examinations and alleged outrage over the school principal declining to facilitate KCSE exam leakage were also factors.
• Kericho Governor Eric Mutai stated that the arrests, totaling ten boys, were made following a review of CCTV footage.