A sitting Kitui Member of County Assembly (MCA) has been arrested over a series of alleged mobile phone thefts in Nairobi’s Central Business District (CBD), with CCTV footage linking him to the alleged incidents.
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) identified the suspect as the MCA for Ikanga/Kyatune Ward in Kitui County.
Detectives from Kamukunji Police Station arrested the MCA on Mfangano Street in Nairobi after acting on intelligence linking him to three separate phone theft incidents reported in August and September 2026.
"CCTV footage proved instrumental in the investigations, with detectives positively identifying him in connection with the reported incidents," the DCI said in a statement issued on Friday, October 23.