By ANTONY GITONGA
A Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) officer shot dead his worker and drove his lifeless body to Kijabe Mission Hospital before he surrendered to police in Mai Mahiu.
The ranger claimed he accidentally shot his worker. Reports indicate he shot the worker at Kiang’ombe Estate near the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and drove him all the way to the hospital in Kijabe where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
According to an officer privy to the investigations, the ranger gave contradicting information before he was arrested.
The source said the ranger had employed the deceased in his farm in Namcha Mai Mahiu for some months before the incident.
“The ranger, who is based in Nakuru, drove to his home to find the farm worker and some personal effects missing and he tracked the suspect to his new work place in Nairobi and shot him,” said the police source.
Police said it was not clear what transpired during the period. “After the shooting he realised his mistake and drove the victim to Kijabe Mission Hospital,” he said.
Naivasha OCPD Charles Kortok said the case had been taken over by counterparts from Nairobi. “The suspect has been taken back to Nairobi where the incident occurred,” he said.
Meanwhile, police are still searching for a man who stabbed to death his neighbour in Kinamba a month ago in a love gone sour incident.
Various leads
Elsewhere, two suspects have been arrested over the killing of five people at Muloki Market in Trans-Nzoia County as security agencies intensify a hunt on four gangs operating in the area. Saboti assistant County Commissioner Mr Peter Ongaga said they are pursuing various leads.
He said the two are prime suspects of another attack that left six people injured. Ongaga led officers to conduct raids on chang’aa dens in Saboti division which he said are the hide out for criminals.
On Saturday, a gang struck the market and shot four people dead and injured six others during a five-hour ordeal.
-Additional reporting by Osinde Obare
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