The presidential escort car that was
stolen in Nairobi has been recovered abandoned in Tororo, Uganda. Police said
the BMW 735 series car was found abandoned on the road after those who had
stolen it realised they were being trailed.
“We have been informed that it was
found on the roadside in Tororo and now it is being taken to Kampala before we
get it,” said Bungoma County CID boss Peter Mabeya, who was among those
trailing it.
He added that they have arrested two more
suspects in connection with the incident and they are under interrogation. The
search for the vehicle that went missing last Wednesday was extended to Uganda,
after police were led there by informers.
The car had passed through a garage
in Nakuru for alterations before it proceeded to the border then crossed to
Uganda.
team of detectives from Interpol and
the Flying Squad left Nairobi for Tororo, Uganda Wednesday to get the car. The
number of suspects who are in custody over the incident are three among them a
Nakuru mechanic, Aggrey Odhiambo, who was arrested at the weekend.
Odhiambo is accused being in
possession of a stolen vehicle that was found dismantled at his garage. A
firearm was also recovered from him. He denied the charges and was remanded at
the request of the prosecutor, who told the court that police intend to
question him over the State House vehicle.
One of the drivers attached to
President Kenyatta was attacked last week by four gunmen who stole the vehicle
in Ruai, Nairobi.
Police said the men knew his movement after it
emerged that one of the gunmen who attacked the driver was masked and for the
period they held him, the masked man did not utter a word, pointing to the
possibility that he knew the victim.
The vehicle was among those that
escorted the President to JKIA on last Wednesday. It was driven back to State
House before one of the president’s drivers took it home.
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