The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has confirmed the arrest of a police officer suspected of murdering prominent lawyer Mathew Kyalo Mbobu in Nairobi nearly a year after the incident.

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In a statement on Thursday, September 24, DCI said its officers arrested Police Constable Julius Cheruiyot, whom they suspect was the gunman in the fatal shooting.

According to the DCI, detectives recovered a Ceska pistol that had been issued to Cheruiyot at the time of the incident, with examination revealing that the firearm was used in the shooting that claimed the lawyer's life.

"The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has made a breakthrough in the investigation into the murder of prominent lawyer Mathew Kyalo Mbobu. Following an intensive and painstaking investigation over the past year, detectives have identified and arrested Police Constable Julius Cheruiyot, suspected of being the gunman who fatally shot the lawyer," DCI stated.

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"Ballistic examination has since confirmed that the firearm was indeed used in the shooting that claimed the life of Lawyer Mbobu. The finding provides a significant forensic breakthrough in the investigation. Further, it strengthens the evidentiary trail being assembled by detectives," it added.

Mbobu was shot dead on September 9, 2025, while driving home from work along Magadi Road, Nairobi, in what DCI described as a targeted attack.

📰 Source: Kenyans.co.ke