DCI Nab Three Suspects In War Against Vandalism

By Owino Nyakiti

Some of the vandalized KPLC materials recovered during the raid. (PHOTO: DCI Kenya)

Three suspects were yesterday arrested as detectives intensified war against vandalism of critical national installations.

In an intelligence-driven operation, Department of Criminal Investigation (DCI) sleuths from Headquarters Operations Branch, raided a scrap metal yard in juja's Matangi area, where Several vandalized KPLC transformers, rolls of alluminium conductors and assorted materials worth millions of shillings were recovered.

A further search in the nearby homesteads led to the recovery of more vandalized apparatus, where a container full of steel bracings obtained from critical electricity transmission towers were also salvaged.

Following the raid, Johana Thuku and Stephen Githitu, were arrested and arraigned at a Thika court for the offence of vandalism. The court also slapped on them additional counts of handling stolen energy equipment. A third suspect, Patrick King’ori, was arrested later in the evening as he tried to escape the DCI dragnet. 


The arrest of the three suspects comes barely a month after President Uhuru Kenyatta, announced a moratorium in scrap metal trade due to runaway vandalism, targeting critical national infrastructure. 

On January 11, this year, Kenyan homes and businesses were plunged into darkness after a high voltage transmission line connecting the capital collapsed, in what was suspected to be high-level vandalism. 
Container where more KPLC materials were recovered (PHOTO: DCI Kenya)

November 21, operations along the busy Mombasa-Nairobi Standard gauge railway (SGR) had to be stopped for two hours, after gauge blocks were vandalized from the line. So far, five suspects have been arrested and presented before court.

Under Section 64(4) of the Energy Act No. 12 of 2006, the offence of vandalism is punishable by a fine not exceeding Kshs. 1,000,000/= or a maximum term of imprisonment of one year. The offence of stealing on the other hand is punishment under Section 275 of the Penal Code.


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