Mechanic Sentenced To Death For Stealing Uhuru's Vehicle
A mechanic has been sentenced to death for stealing a vehicle from President Uhuru Kenyatta's motorcade.
Lydia Kadima 
The technician was given the heavy penalty by Milimani Chief Magistrate Francis Andayi because his activities were considered a matter of national security.
The accused was charged with robbing a BMW 735 automobile type valued at Ksh1.2 million from a Chief Inspector of Police, David Machui, together with four others.
On August 26, 2014, a senior police officer was robbed at gunpoint in the Utawala neighborhood of Nairobi, in what was described as an instance of carjacking.
The mechanic was armed with an AK-47 rifle and another pistol at the time of the crime, according to the charge sheet submitted in court. The second count stated that the suspect intended to sell the car despite the fact that it had been taken illegally from the government.
According to reports at the time, the mechanic was enticed into a trap near Wandegeya, Kampala. The vehicle was retrieved after he was apprehended by a specialized police team.Asan Kasingye, the Ugandan director of Interpol, announced the retrieval. The automobile was one of the most tracked vehicles, the mechanic allegedly drove it from Nairobi to Kampala after disabling the tracker.
"Our counterparts notified us that their President's automobile, which had been seized under duress, was on its way to Uganda. So we began to monitor it, and we were able to recover it and return it to Kenya," Kasingye explained.
After it was discovered that two of the other accused men had dead, the Judge had no choice but to acquit them, the mechanic was prosecuted alone.
After being freed on bond in 2017, one of the conspirators allegedly died under mysterious circumstances.
The second co-accused was discovered dead in Uganda, according to police accounts, of natural causes.
Due to a lack of evidence linking them to the theft of the car, two additional car sellers were acquitted.The case drew worldwide attention, raising concerns about the situation of national security. The automobile was only recovered after Ugandan law enforcement officials intervened.
