DCI arrest house maid, rescue stolen minors at Busia border

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Sunday rescued two minors who were stolen yesterday from Nairobi and arrested a suspect at Busia border. 

The children aged eight and four were stolen at their City estate house on Saturday while under the custody of 32-year-old Scovia Namataka.

Coordinated efforts between Buruburu’s detectives and their counterparts at Busia border led to the interception of Namataka with the minors while in a Kampala-bound bus.

The house help reportedly escaped with the minors when their parents travel to Meru for a funeral.

“Preliminary investigations revealed that the offence was committed while the children's parents had travelled to Meru to attend a kin’s burial,” said detectives.

The suspect is in lawful custody awaiting arraignment.

This is not the first time minors are stolen by Ugandan house helps from Nairobi.

Late last year, a two-year-old child was stolen from Buruburu, Nairobi by a Ugandan maid before being intercepted at the Busia border being driven to Uganda.