{"id":120788,"date":"2025-09-02T18:07:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T18:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/09\/02\/missing-nakuru-fisherman-last-seen-uncounscious-with-kws-rangers-court-told\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T18:07:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T18:07:17","slug":"missing-nakuru-fisherman-last-seen-uncounscious-with-kws-rangers-court-told","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/missing-nakuru-fisherman-last-seen-uncounscious-with-kws-rangers-court-told\/","title":{"rendered":"Missing Nakuru fisherman last seen uncounscious with KWS rangers, court told"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAKURU, Kenya, Sep 2 \u2013 The Principal Magistrate\u2019s Court on Monday heard that a fisherman who went missing in January was last seen lying unconscious in a Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) vehicle.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A protected witness told the court that Brian Odhiambo, who disappeared on January 18, appeared unresponsive when rangers ordered him to make space for other arrested persons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was almost naked, wearing only black-and-white striped sports shorts, when the rangers drove away at high speed with his seemingly lifeless body,\u201d the witness testified virtually from Nakuru GK Prison, where he is serving a sentence for illegal fishing.<\/p>\n<p>The witness, who was among those arrested, narrated that KWS rangers ambushed a group of fishermen at the Vietnam area of Lake Nakuru, beat them severely, and ferried them by boat toward the park\u2019s main gate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLater, other rangers arrived in a Land Cruiser to ferry us to Bondeni Police Station. That is when I noticed Odhiambo. They turned him over to check his pulse, and I recognized his face. When they realised he might be dead, the rangers signaled each other and quickly drove off,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Drive into the woods <\/h2>\n<p>The witness added that instead of heading to the KWS offices, the vehicle carrying Odhiambo drove into the park, raising further suspicion.<\/p>\n<p>Another witness, Alex Maina, testified that he had spoken with Odhiambo earlier that morning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI talked to him before he went fishing. He seemed hesitant and feared he might be attacked by a wild animal. I reassured him, but moments later, I saw rangers arrest him, beat him, tear his clothes, and load him into their green vehicle,\u201d Maina said.<\/p>\n<p>He confirmed that Odhiambo was left wearing only shorts after the beating, corroborating the first witness\u2019s account.<\/p>\n<p>Six KWS rangers are facing charges over Odhiambo\u2019s alleged abduction.<\/p>\n<p>The hearing resumes on Monday, September 8.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAKURU, Kenya, Sep 2 \u2013 The Principal Magistrate\u2019s Court on Monday heard that a fisherman who went missing in January was last seen lying unconscious in a Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) vehicle. A protected witness told the court that Brian Odhiambo, who disappeared on January 18, appeared unresponsive when rangers ordered him to make space [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120788\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}