Arrested Litein Boys Students to Spend Seven Days in Custody
The police have also launched a manhunt for more suspects...
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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.
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Police in Kisumu have arrested two suspects in connection with the theft of Ksh3 million worth of energy equipment. The suspects allegedly received the stolen items from vandals and resold them for illegal electricity connections. In a separate case, 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. Additionally, detectives apprehended a suspected mastermind behind a series of stupefying and theft incidents that targeted bus passengers. The suspect was arrested at the Mariakani Weighbridge, ending a crime spree across Kenya and neighbouring countries.
