A transportation lorry intercepted by the authorities is quickly grabbing the attention of many as it is not only reportedto be owned by a politician powerful enough to drag and even prevent investigations on the materials that were being transported in it.
Many are scared to talk about it and the investigators won’t reveal the contents inside either making the crime very fishy.
A police officer who requested anonymity because he is not allowed to speak to the media, said the lorry was transporting ethanol packed in drums.
The drums were covered with sacks of omena to avoid detection during transportation.The officer said the lorry was headed to Nairobi from Western but the driver decided to use the Subukia route towards Naivasha to evade police roadblocks on the highway.
Officers from Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) in Naivasha trailed the lorry and intercepted it at Kirengero along Nakuru-Subukia road.
“The lorry was brought here by CID officers and they later picked it up. I do not know what it was carrying because it was covered, and it not having been our operation, we did not find out what it was transporting,” said an officer at the station who requested anonymity.
Surprisingly, despite leaving Kirengero Police Station on Thursday, by yesterday, the lorry had not arrived at Naivasha DCIO offices.
DCIO Kennedy Njoroge on Friday at 11.40am confirmed he was waiting for arrival of the lorry.Mr Njoroge was however reluctant to share information on contents of the consignment and maintained that he could only reveal, after it was opened.
“It is true we intercepted a lorry along Subukia road, but I cannot disclose what it was having because I have not seen what it was carrying, neither who the owner is,” said the DCIO.