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Police arrest female politician as Koimburi abduction saga takes another twist
Juja MP George Koimburi addresses the media at United Democratic Alliance party headquarters on May 21, 2021.
A female politician is the latest to be grilled in the ongoing investigations surrounding the alleged abduction of Juja MP George Koimburi.
Police say the abduction on Sunday was staged by people close to the MP. The police insist the MP was lodged in a hotel on the night he was allegedly in captivity, being tortured.
According to information from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), the female politician was being investigated for allegedly aiding the MP to stage the abduction.
Police Spokesperson Michael Muchiri said that the woman was being grilled at the DCI headquarters in Nairobi.
“DCI headquarters are currently talking to a lady fitting this description,” Mr Muchiri told Nation about the politician whose name has been withheld for legal reasons.
Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua and other political leaders visit Juja MP George Koimburi at Karen Hospital on May 26, 2025.
Police say her phone was used in the better part of Sunday evening, the day of the reported abduction.
Additionally, the police believe that her phone was used to contact the hotel management.
The police are expected to issue the statement on the latest even as they struggle to gain access to Mr Koimburi, who is undergoing treatment at Karen Hospital, where he was rushed on Monday morning.
Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua and other political leaders visit Juja MP George Koimburi at Karen Hospital on May 26, 2025.
On Wednesday, DCI boss Mohamed Amin stated that the MP was driven to one of the restaurants where he spent the night.
Police say the MP slept at the Ellis bar and Restaurant, along Kiganjo, Gatundu. He was found on a coffee farm in Kiambu on Monday morning.
“We were able to escalate the investigation and expose to the public that the MP was indeed not abducted. We are able to account for all his movements from the time he attended the church up to where he slept that night,” Mr Amin said.
The nation has established that the MP booked the first room in the restaurant, where the detectives visited on Monday morning in their investigations.
As of Thursday, five suspects had been arrested in connection with the entire drama, which the Inspector General of Police, Douglas Kanja, termed as an unfortunate incident that the MP used to gain public sympathy to evade a looming arrest.
