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In a statement, the DCI said detectives from the Operation Action Team (OAT) and the Crime Research and Intelligence Bureau (CRIB) arrested the suspect, Muia Mutune, also known as Fredrick Mbuta, in Embakasi Village. The arrest followed investigations into a series of robberies targeting unsuspecting victims.

“A team of detectives drawn from the Operation Action Team (OAT) and the Crime Research and Intelligence Bureau (CRIB) have arrested a suspect linked to a string of robberies in which unsuspecting victims are ambushed after withdrawing cash from banks,” the statement read.

Officers had previously arrested Mutune in April over similar incidents, but he was released on bond in July that year. Detectives continued pursuing leads until intelligence led them to him in Embakasi Village.

Mutune remains in custody as detectives prepare him for arraignment. The DCI said officers were still searching for the other suspects who remain at large.

The arrest follows several reported robberies in Nairobi in which suspects allegedly posed as police officers and stole millions of shillings from people carrying cash.

On January 23, 2026, two men wearing what appeared to be traffic police uniforms stopped a Chinese national along Kyang’ombe on the old Mombasa Road. They demanded her driving license, then took her vehicle and escaped with the KSh2.14 million she had withdrawn from two banks along Mombasa Road.

In another incident on March 17, four men wearing blue police uniforms and reflector jackets intercepted a man near Gateway Mall after he withdrew KSh4.2 million from Equity Bank’s Utawala branch. Two of the suspects were reportedly armed.

The gang allegedly accused the man of trafficking narcotics, handcuffed him, and forced him into their vehicle. The suspects then blindfolded him, abandoned him in Karen, and stole the cash.

In a third incident, a woman carrying KSh1.4 million entrusted to her by her employer was travelling by motorcycle towards Sayan Business Park when four men in a grey Mazda CX-5 intercepted her at the Cabanas Interchange.

The suspects allegedly claimed to be police officers and forced the woman and the motorcycle rider into their vehicle. They reportedly assaulted and blindfolded the two, stole the cash and their mobile phones, and then abandoned them near a hospital in Utawala.

Detectives investigating the three incidents arrested three suspects and recovered a suspected getaway vehicle, a Mazda CX-5. Officers also recovered reflector jackets and a military-style jungle hat believed to have been used in the robberies.

Kindiki announced the timeline during an event in Kiambu County. No specific date has been given for the launch.

The project is designed as a 60-kilometre elevated road linking Thika town to Nairobi at Museum Hill. Its design has been compared to the Nairobi Expressway, which runs from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport to James Gichuru in Westlands.

Preliminary cost estimates place the construction at between KSh 150 billion and KSh 200 billion. The final cost has not been confirmed.

The government is expected to pursue a public-private partnership to finance the road. No funding partners or financing agreements have been named, and the arrangement is not yet finalised.

About a month before Kindiki’s announcement, the government commissioned a feasibility study for the project. The study was to examine possible alignments, engineering specifications and traffic capacity.

It was also to assess environmental and social impacts, along with the land acquisition requirements. The report’s notes do not make clear whether the study has been completed.

The announcement comes against the backdrop of the Thika Superhighway, which was built during former president Mwai Kibaki’s tenure. That road was expected to ease congestion between Thika and Nairobi, but rising vehicle numbers have since overwhelmed its capacity.