{"id":141957,"date":"2026-05-23T11:02:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T11:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/ex-kdf-special-forces-officer-linked-to-eastlands-crimes-arrested-in-nairobis-kayole\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T11:02:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T11:02:54","slug":"ex-kdf-special-forces-officer-linked-to-eastlands-crimes-arrested-in-nairobis-kayole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/ex-kdf-special-forces-officer-linked-to-eastlands-crimes-arrested-in-nairobis-kayole\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-KDF Special Forces Officer linked to Eastlands crimes arrested in Nairobi\u2019s Kayole"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, May 23 \u2014 Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have arrested a former Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) Special Forces officer in connection with criminal activity in Nairobi\u2019s Eastlands area.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>DCI agents arrested the officer following an intelligence-led operation that led to the recovery of ammunition and suspected government stores.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued on Friday, the DCI said officers from the Operations Support Unit (OSU), acting on a public tip-off, tracked the suspect to a hideout within the Kayole dumpsite area, where he was arrested without incident.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect, identified as Rodgers Omondi Odhiambo, is alleged to have been involved in criminal activity across Kayole and neighbouring estates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUpon arrest, the suspect led detectives to his residence, where a search recovered one round of 9mm ammunition, three military shirts, a military smoke jacket, a military trouser, a military short, two military working uniforms, a green military bag, and a military jackknife,\u201d the DCI said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2026\/05\/image-9.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Odhiambo was later arraigned before the Milimani Law Courts (Milimani Law Courts), where he faced charges of being in possession of ammunition and government stores. He denied all charges.<\/p>\n<p>The court granted him a bond of Sh1 million or an alternative cash bail of Sh500,000. The case will be mentioned on June 2, 2026, at the Milimani Law Courts as investigations continue.<\/p>\n<p>The case adds to a growing number of security-related prosecutions in Nairobi\u2019s informal settlements, where authorities have intensified operations targeting illegal arms possession and suspected criminal networks.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, May 23 \u2014 Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have arrested a former Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) Special Forces officer in connection with criminal activity in Nairobi\u2019s Eastlands area. DCI agents arrested the officer following an intelligence-led operation that led to the recovery of ammunition and suspected government stores. In a [&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-141957","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\/141957","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=141957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141957\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}