RULE OF LAW: MCAs IN COURT OVER SEPARATE FELONIES
Coast Region detectives are pursuing a case where Kitui's Ikanga Ward Member of County Assembly, Cyrus Musyoka Kisavi, was Tuesday afternoon arrested in Nairobi, being a suspect of theft of Sh 1.9M worth of assorted mobile accessories that were reported stolen by the management of Buscar Courier Services on February 8, 2025.
The arrest followed a positive ID after a CCTV footage of the scene was analysed, which recorded the suspect leaving with the parcel destined for a client in Mombasa.
On being sighted at the River Road-based courier offices in Nairobi, Musyoka, who did not reveal his identity as an elected member of county assembly, was detained by Buscar security personnel who then handed him over to police at Central Police Station. It was at the Station that he was identified, and handed over to Mombasa detectives for further processing.
Meanwhile, the Member of County Assembly Oloosirkon Ward (Kajiado) Mr. Marush Stephen Rais Kisemei has today been arraigned, charged with three counts of Misuse of a firearm, willfully obstructing a police officer on duty and creating disturbance.
This followed recommendations by the Kajiado ODDP, who consented to his prosecution in a case dating back 4th December, 2023.
The MCA is accused of having committed the offence when three police officers from Oloosirkon Police Station went to effect the arrest of suspects involved in an assault and malicious damage case in Ngurunga, Emakoko. One suspect, Soipen Samuel, was successfully arrested and placed in a police vehicle, but during an attempt to arrest a second suspect, the husband resisted while a third suspect, Jackline Joshua, remained inside a nearby house.
The area MCA, Stephen Kisemei Marush arrived with a group of more than ten people armed with sticks and knives, who roughed up the unarmed officer guarding the arrested suspect and forcibly freed him (Soipen Samuel). With a pistol at hand, the MCA also led the group to attack the police vehicle amidst threats.
The two armed officers, who had entered the house to effect more arrests came to the rescue of their colleague, successfully repulsing the attackers. DCI Isinya took over the investigation and forwarded the case file to the ODPP, who cleared it for a prosecution process.
