An investigation is now targeting two wardens attached to Naivasha prison suspected to have been part of the kidnapping of a woman in Murang’a county.
According to Murang’a County criminal investigations officer Julius Rutere, the two are suspected to have been part of a gang that kidnapped Margaret Waithera on July 13.
Three suspects who included 80-year-old granny Wambui Muturi, Samuel Kang’ethe and John Mwangi were gunned down during the purge.
Julius Rutere said investigations are still ongoing to find other suspects who were working with the three.
The officer added that they are investigating the source of the AK 47 rifle found at the scene and the origin of government number plates that the suspects’ car had.
After she was rescued, she spoke to journalists saying she met the kidnappers as she drove home in the neighbouring Kiria village.
She said the gang had a vehicle with government number plates and overtook her before blocking the road.
Waithera said the kidnappers gave a drink that made her lose consciousness, she woke up in an unknown location where the kidnappers demanded Sh5 million from her family.
Waithera said she was not tortured but that the granny threatened to chop off her head if she did not co-operate.
“She made me a meal of rice and green grams, and boiled maize every day,” she said..
The three, she noted, asked for the contacts of two of her brothers who they called to demand the money.