NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 27- Four suspected highway robbers are facing robbery with violence charges.
The four suspects have since been arraigned over several incidents along Southern Bypass, in which police say they were involved.
According to court documents seen by Shahidi News, the suspects are Kennedy Nyongesa, Alexander Litunda Ikocheli, Evans Ouma, and Samuel Anjelika.
At Kibera law courts, the four men are facing multiple counts of robbery with violence after committing the alleged offences on diverse dates in May last year.
In the first count, they are accused of robbing Yvonne Achieng Onyango of three mobile phones and a bag all valued at Sh194, 000 on May 14 last year at midday while threatening her with a firearm and crude weapons.
Onyango told police that she was inside her car when she attacked. She identified Nyongesa, Ouma and Ikocheli as the attackers.
In the second count, the suspects are accused of robbing Mary Wanjira Muiruri of three mobile phones, a wallet and baby diapers bag all valued at Sh40, 000 while armed with a firearm and knives on May 16 last year.
Muiruri told detectives that she was ambushed by four men armed with a firearm and knives who robbed her while threatening to use violence on her.
She was robbed by four suspected to be Nyongesa, Ikocheli, Ouma and Anjelika.
Others robbed in the same way include Prisca Mbusu and Tom Onyango who were ambushed and robbed of their valuables on the same highway on May 20 and 22 last year respectively, after stopping along the highway.
All the robberies took place between 10 am and 1 pm and motorists were ambushed after stopping along the highway.
The suspects were traced and arrested by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) officers after the reports were made at Langata police station.
The four were first charged last year jointly with a fifth suspect who was discharged before they were charged afresh after remaining in custody for over 10 months.
They denied the charges before senior principal magistrate Derrick Kutto.
They were granted a surety bond of Sh1 million without the option of cash bail.
They are however in remand after they failed to bail themselves out.
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