Editor's Review

  • Three additional suspects have been arrested in connection to increased cases of women murders in Ruiru, Kiambu County.

DCI detectives have arrested three additional suspects in connection to increased cases of women murders in Ruiru, Kiambu County.

The three; Jeremiah Ongati Makambo, 30, Silas Kipyegon, 24 and 35-yr-old Daniel Gatunguta were arrested at Wataalam area after a sting operation by the detectives.

The three are suspected of murdering a lady in the area in August this year and disappearing with her valuables.

“The three are specifically linked to the brutal murder of the late Ms Lovince Njoki, who was hacked to death in Wataalam on August 23, 2021 by unknown assailants, who also disappeared with her valuables including her phone.

“The nabbed trio has since used the handset interchangeably, until the detectives pounced on them and recovered the exhibit,” DCI stated.

The arrest of the three comes one week after the DCI nabbed Paul Magara Morara; the prime suspect in the murder and attack of several women in Ruiru.


Paul Magara Morara; the prime suspect in the Ruiru killings. [Photo: Courtesy]

Magara is accused of killing three ladies and seriously injuring four within the last four months.

One of her alleged victims; an 18-year-old girl who was admitted at the Kenyatta National Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit, after being attacked alongside her 19-yr-old sister, unfortunately succumbed to her injuries on Monday, October 25, 2021.

“The late Ann Mumbi and Winfred Kalumi were attacked in their sleep by the lone agent of death, who mastered access to their house before committing the monstrous act, leaving the two for dead. The DCI condoles with the family of the late Ann Mumbi, and tirelessly works to bring to book the felons who have caused untold pain and grief to the families and victims of the string of attacks in the area.,” DCI tweeted while announcing Ann’s death.