Trans Nzoia: DCI arrests suspected child trafficker posing as senior NIS officer and rescues minor

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations DCI in Kiminini, Trans Nzoia County, arrested Gilbert Nyabuto, 56, on suspicion of child trafficking. Acting on a public tip-off, officers found Nyabuto with a 10-year-old boy in Nyamira village. Nyabuto claimed to be a 'deputy commissioner' with the National Intelligence Service NIS and presented an identification document. A search revealed assorted academic documents belonging to different individuals and blank fake Kenya Defence Forces KDF calling letters. The child was reunited with his mother from the Salona area. Nyabuto remains in custody as detectives investigate impersonation and fraud allegations. This follows a previous case where Fred Leparan, a social worker, was sentenced to 35 years for child theft at Mama Lucy Hospital.