Ndudi Anyim
Police detectives in Kenya, have arrested a murder suspect, Fredrick Kivaji Musavakhwa, believed to have killed a 51-year-old commercial motorcyclist in a violent robbery that occurred two days ago in Kisumu’s Kasagam area.
It was gathered that officers at Gita Police Post received a report of a male body dumped at a cassava plantation in Guba area, having deep cuts on the head.
Police later identified the man as Tom Mboya Ayoo, as his motorcycle KMFJ 763Z was also reoorted missing and suspected to have been stolen by his assailants.
Taking over the case yesterday, detectives from Department of Criminal Investigation (DCI), Kondele, launched a manhunt for the perpetrators, whom they suspected to have escaped to Koyonzo area.
A source who spoke on the arrest on the condition of anonymity said a day long undercover probing met with success when detectives learnt that the missing motorcycle had been fixed with a tracking device.
“ Acting on those leads, they established further that the gadget had been disabled within Namalasire village in Mumias East.
“ Led by the Deputy-in-Charge DCI Kondele, the investigating team initiated a door to door search for the bike, bumping into it at a house under construction.
“ A teen found within the compound gave details of the suspect who had brought in the motorcycle, hiding it in a room where a bloodstained iron bar and a sharp knife were also found.
“ A joint operation with the area administration saw the suspect; Fredrick Kivaji Musavakhwa alias Asman arrested, when the matatu he was using to escape was circulated and intercepted within Mumias township, ” the source revealed.
Security Watch Africa also gathered that the body will undergo autopsy at a Kisumu morgue, as the suspect is being processed for arraignment with further investigations ongoing