Police arrest prime suspect in Githua’s fatal stabbing, murder weapon recovered

Homicide detectives attached to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) yesterday arrested another two suspects linked to a recent fatal stabbing of Strathmore University IT graduate Keagan Githua in Ridgeways off Kiambu Road.

This now brings those in police custody to six following the previous seizure of four of their accomplices earlier.

Devone Mboya Odero, who is believed to be the prime suspect, was arrested alongside an accomplice identified as Dennis Kimani at a PSV terminus in Githurai.

Githua was stabbed on the chest by robbers on a motorcycle in Ridgeways, Kiambu county and his phone taken away.

Following Odero’s arrest, police recovered a knife believed to be the murder weapon.

Saturday’s arrest came after detectives completed investigations into the killing of the 24-year-old on October 30, 2022, leading to public outcry on rising cases of violent muggings.

“Odero was arrested last evening at the busy Githurai matatu termini, where he hanged around and operated as a ‘kamagira’ preying on unsuspecting members of the public.” An update from the DCI said.

Odero is then said to have led detectives to the spot where he had hidden the alleged knife he used to stab Keagan on the fateful day.

DCI added that Odero later revealed the whereabouts of Dennis Mburu Kimani, the motorbike rider who ferried him to Ridgeways on the morning of the attack.

“Kimani, was arrested in Ngomongo area of Githurai and his motorbike impounded, following a brief chase as he tried to evade the detectives’ dragnet.” The DCI added.

The Mohamed Amin led directorate added that: “The arrest of the first suspect at a city toilet along Nairobi’s River Road in a dawn operation by the Starehe based sleuths, cracked their case leading to the subsequent arrests of the rest of the suspects.”