Armed Men Rape Female College Students, Dump Them In Forest
The ordeal occurred when a house belonging to the students was broken into in the dead of night by two unknown men who also raped them.
Marvin Chege 
Police in Vihiga County on Thursday, November 23 launched investigations into a violent robbery case reported by two female college students.
According to a statement by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), the ordeal occurred when a house belonging to the students was broken into in the dead of night by two unknown men who also raped them.
In their 6 am report to the police, the victims who shared a room at Kamgoi village of Shaviringa within Hamisi Sub-county were suddenly woken up by the two robbers who bore pangas and knives, threatening to kill them if they raised any alarm.
"The fear-stricken victims' mobile phones were taken away before being forced out of the room to a nearby forest where they were assaulted, raped and abandoned," stated DCI in part.
Officers stand guard at the entrance of DCI headquarters along Kiambu Road. /NATIONAL POLICE SERVICE
The victims sought medical assistance at a local hospital while DCI revealed that crucial leads are being followed to hunt down the suspects.
In a similar incident three weeks ago, police in Nyamira intensified pursuit of a ruthless gang of over 10 armed men who on October 23, 2023, staged a brazen siege of a homestead in Keroka's Kierira village for over 7 hours, violently robbing, gang-raping and gang-defiling scores.
DCI reported on Thursday, November 2 that the abominable incident involved the attack of over 13 victims found within the homestead.
During the attack, assorted mobile phones, over Ksh130,000 in cash and hundreds of thousands withdrawn from ATM banks were stolen.
In the report booked at Keroka Police Station in Masaba North, Nyamira County, a female nominated MCA, a Principal at a local high school, a CEC in Nyamira County Govt, a Kenya Prisons officer and a nurse at Nyamira County Hospital fell victim. Other victims included an 80-year-old woman, a college and a high school student.
"After subduing the victims with beatings and death threats, members of the gang who were armed with a pistol, machetes and other crude weapons forced themselves into three of the women in turns, before escaping with their loot after 7hrs of inflicting untold terror and trauma on the hostages. Reportedly, the incident happened from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. on the fateful night," stated the DCI.
Upon receiving the information, all the security agencies in the county were mobilized and investigations were launched on October 24.
The victims were attended in various hospitals in the county and samples were taken from the sexually abused victims.
Backed up by crime research detectives and the crime scene support teams who processed the scene for crucial leads, the investigating team placed a suspected ring leader at the scene before tracking him down in Kondele, Kisumu County.
"The suspect, Joseph Otieno Kevuva was escorted to Nyamira County HQS where an identification parade was conducted. The victims positively identified him before detectives made a miscellaneous application to detain him for interrogation," added the DCI.
