Kitui MCA arrested over links to Nairobi CBD phone theft

Cyrus Kisavi Musyoka, MCA for Ikanga/Kyatune Ward, was arrested on Friday after a trail of alleged phone theft within the CBD finally caught up with him.

Cyrus Kisavi Musyoka, MCA for Ikanga/Kyatune Ward, was arrested on Friday over alleged links to phone theft in CBD. [Courtesy, DCI]

A sitting Member of County Assembly in Kitui has been arrested over links to Nairobi CBD Phone theft.

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations said Musyoka was arrested by police attached to the Kamukunji Police Station.

According to the DCI, the MCA had been on the detectives’ radar over three separate incidents reported in August and September 2026.

“Acting on actionable intelligence, the detectives swooped on the suspect in Mfangano Street, closing in on a man wanted in connection with a string of reported phone thefts,” the DCI said in a statement.

They said CCTV footage proved instrumental in the investigations, with detectives positively identifying him in connection with the reported incidents.

Source: Standard