{UAH} Ocen/Allan/Pojim/Gwokto/Bobby et al: Recce officer attached to US Embassy arrested in connection with Monica Kimani's murder
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- Jennings Orlando Odhiambo was arrested in Nairobi on Thursday, October 18
- Odhiambo is a constable in the elite Recce squad police unit
- The officer attached to the US Embassy was arraigned in a Kiambu court and will be detained for 14 days
- He was suspected to be in the company of Joseph Irungu, the first suspect in the murder of the businesswoman
- A suspect turned witness, Brian Kassaine, was released after giving police vital information which led to search of third suspect after Irungu and TV anchor Jacque Maribe's arrest
Police in Nairobi have arrested their Recce Squad counterpart linked to the murder of 29-year-old businesswoman Monica Nyawira Kimani.
Jennings Odhiambo, the third suspect in the gruesome killing of Kimani, alongside Citizen TV news anchor Jacque Maribe and her fiancee Joseph Irungu alias Jowie, was on the run for close to a month.
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Recce officer attached to US Embassy arrested in connection with Monica Kimani's murder Jennings Odhiambo pose for photo with TV news anchor Jacque Maribe's fiance and first suspect in murder of Monica Kimani Joseph Irungu. Odhiambo has been arrested in connection with murder. Photo: UGC Source: UGC
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A report by Citizen seen by TUKO.co.ke, on Friday, October 19, indicated Odhiambo was arrested in Nairobi on Thursday, October 18, and detained at Muthaiga police station where he was grilled over the murder.
"He is a police constable in the Recce elite squad and was until his arrest attached to the US Embassy," a source from Directorate of Criminal Investigations indicated.
The source added detectives probing him had searched his house in Recce's headquarters in Ruiru.
He was then arraigned before a Kiambu court where Resident Magistrate Justus Kituku granted the detectives permission to detain him for 14 days to complete investigations.
Recce officer attached to US Embassy arrested in connection with Monica Kimani's murder Jennings Odhiambo is serves under the Recce Elite Squad and was attached to the US Embassy. Photo: UGC Source: UGC
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"Orders to detain the accused person are hereby granted. The investigating officer is ordered to present him to court on Friday, November 2," the magistrate ruled.
Brian Kassaine, a suspect turned witness and neighbour to Maribe initially told police Irungu tried to burn clothes using air freshener cans with sources privy to the probe hinting he had opened up about the third suspect to the detectives to warrant his release from custody.
Police said the suspect (Odhiambo) who had allegedly traveled to Mombasa to seek supernatural protection was vital in the matter because he could help in getting Monica's car and door keys alongside the weapon used to cut her throat.
He is alleged to have have been with Irungu, the first accused suspect in the murder, on the night of Thursday, September 20, when the businesswoman was killed was killed.
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