A retired prison officer from Transmara, Narok County, who allegedly plotted the murder of two colleagues, has been arrested in the Maasai Mara National Park, where he is said to have been living with animals in the bush.
Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) apprehended Pius Lemiso Ndiwa, alias Shonimeu, at 11 p.m. on Tuesday after he evaded a police dragnet for days.
Ndiwa was interrogated in Kilgoris.
Last week, two prison officers were killed in Olemismis village after being invited to settle a Sacco-related dispute with Ndiwa.
The deceased, Inspector Patrick Mukunyi Kuya and Senior Sergent Daniel Nairimo, left Nairobi on Wednesday in pursuit of what officers in the prisons department say was a settlement with Ndiwa, who defaulted on a loan and fled to the countryside.
When they arrived at Ndiwa's homestead in Mentinkuar, they were met with hostility from the suspect's family, who screamed. Ndiwa apparently informed his family that the two strangers in their home were thugs.
As a result, Ndiwa's two sons attacked the two prison wardens, who were dressed in civilian attire, with arrows and machetes.
As a result, Ndiwa's two sons attacked the two prison wardens, who were dressed in civilian attire, with arrows and machetes.
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