{
  "id": 16181721,
  "title": "Kitui MCA arrested over Nairobi CBD phone theft cases",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/kitui-mca-arrested-over-nairobi-cbd-phone-theft-cases",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-23T11:58:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "People Daily Kenya",
    "slug": "people-daily-kenya",
    "url": "https://peopledaily.digital/news/kitui-mca-arrested-over-nairobi-cbd-phone-theft-cases"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A sitting Member of the County Assembly (MCA) from Kitui County has been arrested in connection with three reported mobile phone theft cases in Nairobi’s Central Business District. The MCA was arrested by detectives from Kamukunji Police Station on Mfangano Street after officers acted on intelligence linking him to the incidents reported in August and […]",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Capital FM Kenya",
        "title": "Kitui MCA arrested over alleged Nairobi CBD phone thefts",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/kitui-mca-arrested-over-alleged-nairobi-cbd-phone-thefts",
        "published": "2026-10-23T12:03:23.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "KBC",
        "title": "Kitui MCA arrested over series of Nairobi CBD phone thefts",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/kitui-mca-arrested-over-series-of-nairobi-cbd-phone-thefts",
        "published": "2026-10-23T13:12:54.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}