Kakamega AP went on killing spree after being busted with 20-year-old mapngo wa kando

Shocked members of the public mill around the scene where an Administration police officer shot and killed his four colleagues and a teacher before killing himself at Shiatsala Divisional headquarters in Butere, Kakamega County on Tuesday night. By Benjamin Sakwa

The Kakamega AP officer who shot dead four colleagues and a school teacher before turning the gun on himself was busted by his wife with a ‘mpango wa kando’ in his house. The ‘mpango,’ Janet Toboso, 20, a Form Three drop-out narrated to ‘The Nairobian’ the sequence of events that led to the tragedy.

On the fateful day, Constable Mustapha Alando’s wife, Sylvia Khamati, arrived at the camp unexpectedly. “On sensing that his wife was around, Alando instructed me not to let her in because the wife reportedly has a fiery temper,” says Toboso. “I also feared she could stab me so I kept the door shut.”