Former KDF officer linked to robberies in Embakasi, Kayole arrested

Police in Nairobi have arrested a 29-year-old former Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) officer who is believed to be part of a notorious gang that has been committing a series of robberies in Embakasi and Kayole areas.

Ronald Juma Anyanyi, who is reported to have been dismissed from the military on September 22, 2022, was arrested on Thursday by police officers on undercover operations within Pipeline area.

According to police, Juma and his suspected accomplice who managed to escape the arrest were riding on a motorcycle that had the number plates concealed, drawing the officers' attention.

“They (police) moved swiftly and challenged the duo where one jumped from the motorcycle and managed to escape… They managed to arrest the suspect one Ronald Juma Anyanyi aged 29 years with Mossberg Patriot short gun with a telescopic sight loaded with 7.62mm live ammo concealed in nylon,” reads a police report on the arrest.

The suspect was escorted to his house in Utawala where police recovered more ammunition, handcuffs,  and military uniform.

“On interrogation, he confessed to be an ex-KDF officer and on further interrogation, he took the officers to his residence in Utawala where they further recovered another six(6) rounds of 7.62mm, twenty-six (26) rounds of 9mm an  HK 21 bipod stand, a pair of handcuff, military fatigue, KDF ID and a military service register showing he was dismissed from the service on 22 September 2022,” added police.

Also found in the house was a 20-year-old woman identified as Stephanie Mwende who is said to be the girlfriend of one Boniface Aburiri Wakhusama who is suspected to be the one who jumped from the motorcycle. 

The two are in police custody as investigations and a hunt for their accomplices continue.