SUSPECT IN CUSTODY OVER FATAL SHOOTING IN ANG’ATA BARRIKOI
Detectives from the Operations Action Team (OAT), working alongside their Transmara South counterparts, have arrested Joshua Nkabash Sakuyiai, the key suspect in the fatal shooting of 35‑year‑old Charles Korir on August 13, 2025, in Ang’ata Barrikoi.
On that tragic evening, residents reported hearing gunshots near Loliondo Farm in Mashangwa area, along Ngeendalel–Mashangwa Road.
Responding swiftly officers rushed to the scene, where they discovered Korir had been shot twice in the head at close range.
Preliminary investigation revealed that a gang of about eight armed men ambushed and attacked the victim before fleeing through a sugarcane plantation towards Migori County.
The crime scene was meticulously documented, and the body transferred to Kilgoris Hospital Mortuary for preservation and autopsy.
A relentless manhunt was launched, thanks to forensic leads, detectives cornered and arrested Sakuyiai in Lolgorian on December 31, 2025.
He was processed and arraigned before the Kilgoris Law Courts, where he was released on a cash bail of Sh100,000 which he could not raise, hence remanded at Lolgorian Police Station.
The case is scheduled for mention on January 13, 2026.
Meanwhile, detectives are pursuing more leads to apprehend his accomplices who remain at large.
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