Police officer arrested in thicket after fatal shooting of colleague at Kitui Training Camp
A police officer suspected of fatally shooting a colleague at the Wikithuki Boarder Patrol Unit (BPU) Training Camp in Tseikuru, Kitui County was arrested hours after the incident. The suspect, identified as constable Hussein Yussuf Ali, was arrested on Monday, October 26, 2026, after instructors pursued him into a thorny bush approximately three kilometres from [...] The post Police officer…
Constable Hussein Yussuf Ali, a police officer, was arrested on Monday, October 26, 2026, in a thorny bush near the Wikithuki Boarder Patrol Unit (BPU) Training Camp in Tseikuru, Kitui County. The arrest took place three kilometres from the scene of the shooting that occurred on Sunday, October 25, 2026. Constable Ali was suspected of fatally shooting fellow officer, Constable Raphael Ojiambo, during the incident.
Ojiambo, who had recently graduated and was undergoing induction training, reportedly suffered a gunshot wound to the chest. The incident remains under investigation, with authorities recovering two mobile phones from the scene, one of which was damaged by a bullet. Both officers were reportedly armed with G3 rifles when the shooting took place.
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