Sh1 Million Cameras Stolen from a Nairobi Church During Prayers Recovered, Three Suspects Arrested

Detectives have recovered two video cameras and their accessories that were stolen from a Nairobi church as the service was ongoing last Sunday.

The two professional cameras worth Sh1 million disappeared from the Presbyterian Church of East Africa (PCEA) Zimmerman Parish as the faithful were deep in prayers, according to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI).

It is not until the service was over that the church orderlies realized that the expensive equipment was missing, which left the congregants and the clergy in shock.

Sleuths from the Crime Research and Intelligence Bureau launched an investigation after the Church leadership reported the matter to the DCI. Investigations revealed that a recent convert who had received salvation in the Church was the mastermind behind the disappearance. 

David Wanyonyi Simiyu from Trans-Nzoia County allegedly stole the equipment and sold it to unscrupulous dealers at Nairobi’s Imenti business hub. Forensic analysis and surveillance conducted via the DCI mobile laboratory in the heart of Nairobi’s CBD led detectives to the suspects who bought the equipment. 

The three Joshua Mulei, Douglas Karanja, and Stephen Thuo, who trade in stolen electronic equipment, were unmasked technologically through forensics. The two cameras and their accessories were also recovered from the suspects. 

The three are being held at Muthaiga police station as detectives intensify a manhunt for the main suspect Simiyu.

“…the PCEA Zimmerman clergy have since forgiven Simiyu in accordance with the scriptures and like the prodigal son have welcomed him back to the flock tomorrow,” DCI noted.