A 26-year-old man, Jared Kulo Oduor, was arrested Friday night in the Lakisummer area after months of surveillance. He is being held at Muthaiga Police Station and is expected to be arraigned at the Makadara Law Courts on Monday. File image of former RMS intern Derrick Omanga Tom, 25, who went missing in Karen on December 5, 2025. PHOTO | COURTESYEight months after the body of 25-year-old digital marketing manager Derrick Omanga Tom was found dumped near the Roysambu roundabout, detectives have made a significant breakthrough.A 26-year-old man, Jared Kulo Oduor, was arrested Friday night in the Lakisummer area after months of surveillance. He is being held at Muthaiga Police Station and is expected to be arraigned at the Makadara Law Courts on Monday.The arrest is linked to the sale of Omanga’s missing phone.Months of digital tracking and physical trailing have finally netted a key suspect in the death of Derrick Omanga.Oduor was arrested Friday night in Lakisummer. Detectives say he is the man who sold Omanga’s phone six days after the young man vanished.That phone had been sold to a third suspect, who was arrested earlier in Kangeta village, Meru County. The Meru suspect led investigators to Oduor.Detectives are triangulating phone data from before, during and after Omanga’s death. They are also reviewing CCTV footage from the hours leading up to the killing to determine whet...
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