Detectives drawn from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have arrested a house help who went on the run after executing a daring theft from her employer.
DCI officers have disclosed that the hunt for the househelp began on March 11, after the suspect’s employer reported the matter at the Spring Valley Police Station in Dagoretti, Nairobi County.
The officers have also revealed that the suspect took advantage of her boss’s absence and broke into the manager’s safe.
DCI officers arrest a househelp who allegedly stole employer’s safe in Nairobi. Photo: Courtesy.
Akinyi, who had worked for her employer for 15 months, is accused of making away with a safe containing family passports, foreign national IDs and $4,000 (Ksh 518,000).
She also made away with gold coins, Diwali statues, a pen drive, a hard disk, bank locker keys, perfumes and other belongings.
“The incident which was reported on March 11, 2025 at Spring Valley Police Station, reveals a tale of betrayal from a trusted employee of 15 months, believed to have stolen a safe brimming with valuable items including family passports, foreign national IDs, 4,000 US dollars, gold coins, Diwali statues, a pen drive, a hard disk, bank locker keys, perfumes and other belongings,” DCI said.
She is currently in police custody undergoing processing ahead of her arraignment in court.
The recovered items have been preserved as exhibits as investigations continue.
