Suspect Who Stole Ksh1.5M From Church Tampered With CCTV- DCI

Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) detectives based at Kangemi police station in Dagoretti sub-county, on Monday, October 10 launched a manhunt for a suspect who broke into a church and made away with over Ksh1.5 million.

In a bizarre incident that has left the clergy and congregants of Kangemi’s Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK) All Saints Mountain View Church in utter dismay, the money they raised on Sunday, October 9 for the development of the church disappeared from a drawer at the Church’s altar. 

When the church elder John Wainanina and treasurer Elizabeth Njoki, went to the church to collect the money in the morning, they found the doors ajar, which raised suspicion amongst the members of the church.

ACK church in Mountain View, Kangemi. /FILE

"A closer look at the Lord’s table where bread and wine are consecrated, they were shocked to find it ransacked and the money that had been kept in a drawer beneath the altar missing!" the DCI reported in part.

They immediately reported the matter at Kangemi police station and upon preliminary investigations, it was established that the caretaker of the church, George Mburu who has since gone missing, was responsible for the loss. 

He is suspected to have tampered with the church’s electric power to disable the installed CCTV system before making away with the congregants’ contributions. 

"Shocked members of the flock who reside close to the church milled around conversing in low tones, as they tried to come to terms with the disappearance of the money meant for the development of the community church. 

"They wondered aloud how the trusted custodian of the parish would resort to such unbecoming conduct," the DCI added.

The investigative agency further noted that the members were heard pronouncing curses at the suspect whom they declared shall never prosper “in his remaining under the sun,” while others called for his forgiveness should he resurface and repent his sins. 

Meanwhile, detectives launched a manhunt for the suspect who resided within the church compound but immediately went into hiding following the incident.