{"id":13035,"date":"2024-02-13T09:18:56","date_gmt":"2024-02-13T09:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=13035"},"modified":"2024-02-13T09:18:57","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T09:18:57","slug":"police-arrest-kelvin-kangethes-brother-girlfriend-for-masterminding-his-jail-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=13035","title":{"rendered":"Police Arrest Kelvin Kang&#8217;ethe&#8217;s Brother &amp; Girlfriend for Masterminding His Jail-Break"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/kangethe__0.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13036\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/kangethe__0.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/kangethe__0-480x240.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 700px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 2 have been arrested by Police officers on Monday, February 12,  believed to have helped orchestrate the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kenyans.co.ke\/news\/97344-police-reveals-how-suspect-kelvin-kangethe-escaped-police-custody\">escape plan from Muthaiga Station<\/a> on Wednesday, February 7.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reports indicated that Kang&#8217;ethe met up with his brother in Kiambu moments after escaping and has since been the contact person. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The brother&#8217;s girlfriend, considered a person of interest, is in custody and has been included in the investigation as detectives continue their manhunt. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Preliminary investigations also revealed that the suspect relied on mobile phone numbers registered by relatives to evade police as his phone signals were switched off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The two (Kang&#8217;ethe and his brother) linked up moments after the suspect escaped and they have since switched off their mobile phones. It is highly believed that they are currently together,&#8221; an officer told the media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following the escape, a special multi-agency team was formed to hunt down the suspect who had been in hiding for six days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the time, Kang&#8217;ethe was awaiting a ruling on whether he would be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kenyans.co.ke\/news\/97381-police-trace-kelvin-kangethes-phone-signals-machakos\">extradited to face a first-degree murder charge <\/a>in connection with the death of Kenyan nurse Margaret Mbitu at a US-based airport in November last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kang&#8217;ethe cousin, Beatrice Ng&#8217;ethe, was<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kenyans.co.ke\/news\/97451-lsk-president-reveals-female-lawyer-was-abducted-dci-after-kevin-kangethes-escape\"> also arrested on Friday last week<\/a> in connection with the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police sought to investigate if Ng&#8217;ethe, an advocate, played any role in securing Kang&#8217;ethe&#8217;s freedom from the cells. This is after phone calls revealed that she was in constant communication with the suspect days before the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"302\" height=\"167\" src=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/images-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13037\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/images-1.jpg 302w, https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/images-1-300x166.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 302px) 100vw, 302px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2 have been arrested by Police officers on Monday, February 12, believed to have helped orchestrate the escape plan from Muthaiga Station on Wednesday, February 7.\u00a0 Reports indicated that Kang&#8217;ethe met up with his brother in Kiambu moments after escaping and has since been the contact person. 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