Baby stolen in Nakuru found in Kitale, suspect arrested
Police in Kitale have recovered a 10 months-old baby and arrested two suspects involved in alleged child trafficking.
Detectives intercepted a Kapenguria bound ‘kangaroo shuttle’ and arrested Monica Wanjiru, 21 and the baby.
The baby reportedly went missing from his parent’s home in Kuresoi, Nakuru county.
The baby’s mother Viola Chelimo had left her son in the house and gone to a shop to buy some items when she came back and found him missing.
She alerted the village elder Jane Kerubo who led the operation to trace the missing baby.
The matter was reported at Sirikwa police station.
Kerubo told detectives they pursued a woman who had been spotted in the area to a maize plantation but could not trace her.
According to Trans Nzoia Criminal investigation officer Paul Songok, detectives from Nakuru tracked the suspect before they caught up with her in the PSV vehicle heading to Kapenguria from Kitale.
