- DCI identified the suspect as Jackson Otieno Bambo, also known as James Babu Olang, who was arrested in Kirongwe, Shirati District, Tanzania, following intelligence-led investigations.
A man accused of murdering his wife in Athi River in May 2024 has been arrested in Tanzania after a two-year manhunt involving Kenyan and Tanzanian law enforcement agencies.
The Directorate of
Criminal Investigations (DCI) identified the suspect as Jackson Otieno Bamboo,
also known as James Babu Olang, who was arrested in Kirongwe, Shirati District,
Tanzania, following intelligence-led investigations.
His wife, Sheila
Odoyo, was found murdered inside her house in Athi River on the morning of May
9, 2024, prompting detectives to launch investigations into the killing and
pursue her husband, who had gone missing.
According to the
DCI, investigators pursued multiple leads before intelligence placed the
suspect in Tanzania, where he was allegedly operating a club about 70
kilometres from the Muhuru border point.
Detectives from
Athi River, working alongside officers from Nyatike and their Tanzanian
counterparts, subsequently mounted a joint operation that led to his arrest.
At the time of his
arrest, the suspect was reportedly found in possession of a Tanzanian national
identity card bearing the name James Babu Olang, which the DCI said forms part
of the ongoing investigations.
The suspect was
initially booked at Nyatike Police Station before being escorted to Athi River
Police Station, where he remains in custody pending arraignment to face a
murder charge.
The arrest marks a
breakthrough in the investigation into Odoyo’s killing, which had remained
unresolved for more than two years.