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Writer: Ndungu Gachane.
Publication: The Daily Nation
Date: June 11, 2018
Kandara division police boss Wilson Kosgey said that they are pursuing a gang that has been dealing in stolen cows in the area.
According to the police boss, the gang comprises two guards, a matatu operator and a butcher. The matatu owner is believed to provide the get-away vehicle while the butcher distributes meat from the stolen animals. Police believe the cows were being transported to Murang’a where it is suspected to be the home of a black market for stolen animals.
Not only are the cows being sold for meat, it is suspected that some are sold to unsuspecting dairy farmers. Kieni East police boss Job Lesikinwa said that detectives are probing cases of livestock theft in the area as they pursue masterminds of the thefts.