NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 24 — A police constable suspected of being the gunman in the killing of lawyer Mathew Kyalo Mbobu has been arrested after detectives recovered a pistol issued to him and linked the firearm to the murder through ballistic examination.

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The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said Police Constable Julius Cheruiyot was arrested following a year-long investigation into the September 2025 killing of Mbobu, in what it described as a breakthrough in the case.

Detectives recovered the Ceska pistol that had been issued to Cheruiyot at the time of the shooting.

“Ballistic examination has since confirmed that the firearm was indeed used in the shooting that claimed the life of Lawyer Mbobu,” the DCI said in a statement on Thursday.

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The finding, the agency said, has strengthened the evidentiary trail being assembled by detectives investigating the killing.

Mbobu was shot dead on September 9, 2025, while driving home from work along Magadi Road in Nairobi.

The DCI said he was killed in a targeted attack and that specialised teams from its Homicide Directorate, working with forensic experts, had spent the past year reconstructing the circumstances surrounding the killing.

The investigation has also placed another police officer, Inspector Kenneth Sang, at the centre of the alleged operation.

According to the DCI, Sang allegedly coordinated the operation in liaison with Rose Mbithe, who is already in police custody in connection with the July 29, 2026, killing of Dr Victoria Nthunya Mutiso in Nairobi.

The agency did not disclose details of the alleged motive or explain how the two killings may have been connected, saying investigations were still underway to establish the full circumstances, including the motive, planning and execution of Mbobu’s murder.

📰 Source: Capital FM Kenya