Three suspects in Kericho students’ murder case detained for 14 days

Three suspects linked to the murder of two students in Kericho will spend 14 days in custody. The suspects are being held at Kericho and Kipsitet police stations after a Kericho court granted the Directorate of Criminal Investigations two weeks to conclude investigations into the killings. Two of the suspects, Gilbert Kipkirui Koech and Caleb Kimutai Ng’eno, were arrested in the Soko Huru and Kamasega areas respectively. The third suspect, Hillary Kibet Rotich, surrendered at Kapsoit Police Station before being transferred to Kipsitet. Detectives are pursuing a fourth suspect who remains at large. The two students, an 18-year-old Form Four student from Kisii County and a 16-year-old Form Three student from Kipkelion West, had been missing for six days before their bodies were discovered dumped in a sugarcane plantation in Koingeren Village, Soin-Sigowet Constituency, and allegedly doused in acid. The suspects allegedly demanded a ransom of 20,000 shillings. The case will be mentioned on September 1, 2026.