Kenyan Maid Arrested for Kidnapping Employer's Son, Demanding Sh3 Million Ransom

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Thursday arrested a woman and her daughter for allegedly kidnapping her employer's child.

47-year-old Leah Muhonja, who works as a house help, allegedly kidnapped the 7-year-old boy from her Nairobi employer before demanding Sh3 million ransom to release him.

DCI said the boy was abducted from his parents' home in Nairobi's Loresho estate and was rescued by detectives from the Child Protection Unit.

The suspect was arrested after sleuths placed bait pretending they had the Sh3 million ransom the kidnapper was demanding to return the boy.

Police said the maid colluded with her 23-year-old daughter, Charlotte Msimbi to commit the crime.

The boy, who was abducted on Tuesday, was reunited with his family at their home on Thursday.

The house help's daughter is reported to have driven to the boy’s home in a salon car and picked the boy.

In a police report, Muhonja said an unknown female came to the house saying he had been sent by the boy’s mother to pick him up.

"Report made to the police had alleged that an unknown female to the House Help had been given permission by the boy’s mother (who is abroad) to take the boy alongside another child for dinner and that the father would later pick him up," DCI said in a statement.

The boy was found locked in a rented house belonging to Ms. Msimbi in Kawangware.