KWS Officer Mandated With Guarding Brian Odhiambo Narrates How He Escaped

In a fresh twist to the Brian Odhiambo saga, rangers from the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) claim that the fisherman who went missing mysteriously after arrest just over a week ago escaped while in custody.

The KWS rangers, who were nabbed by the police, acknowledged the arrest of a man who they claim was conducting illegal fishing in the Sewage area of Lake Nakuru National Park but had not recorded his name before he escaped. 

One of the rangers who was tasked with manning Odhiambo, later identified as Abdulrahman Sudi, detailed Odhiambo’s escape in his affidavit presented before the court stating that the arrested man requested to relieve himself while in custody. The ranger revealed that it was when he honoured his request that Brian escaped. 

Sudi claimed that he made attempts to apprehend the man who turned out to be Brian Odhiambo but he managed to slip away from his fingers. 

The ranger, who works as a driver, dismissed the allegations that Brian was assaulted or injured while in their custody.  

In the wake of the new development, officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) ramped up their investigations revealing that Brian’s two phones were switched off hours after his arrest.

The DCI revealed that one was switched off within Nakuru State House area while the other was switched off in the Karunga area five hours after his arrest.

While appearing before the courts, DCI Nakuru boss Samuel Ngeiyua noted that the detectives were waiting for the phone signals of the six KWS officers who are implicated in Brian’s disappearance adding that this would enable the sleuths to determine whether the officers were in close proximity with Brian. 

Following the disappearance of Odhiambo, Nakuru residents held a series of demonstrations demanding justice and the unconditional release of the fisherman whether dead or alive.

At the same time, the residents condemned the KWS officers for using excessive force in enforcing a directive to ban fishing activities in Lake Nakuru. 

Brian Odhiambo’s mother, Elizabeth Auma, on the other hand, sent a poignant plea to the government begging them to secure the release of her son, who is the family’s breadwinner.

Speaking on Friday, January 24, Elizabeth Auma expressed her grief and fear urging the government to intervene and take swift action to bring her son home.

“I have not eaten since my son went missing, I beg the KWS officers, please give me back my son, even if he is dead, bring me the body, let me see my son, I beg you,” she pleaded with the KWS officers.