Oyugis: Detectives in Rachuonyo South Sub County have recovered a homemade gun used during the violent robbery of a businessman in Obisa village near Oyugis town. Police believe the gun was accidentally dropped by the robbers as they fled the scene after robbing the businessman of his vehicle and other valuables on Thursday night.

According to Kenya News Agency, 48-year-old entrepreneur Edwin Onyango Okong'o was ambushed, beaten, and robbed of his light grey Toyota Passo (KCT 025V) and a Samsung phone right outside his Obisa village home. Philemon Saera, the Rachuonyo South police commander, stated that on Friday morning, June 5, 2026, at around 7:00 AM, the Sub-County Criminal Investigation Officer (SCCIO) for Rachuonyo South led a specialized team back to the crime scene. Upon a meticulous sweep of the area, detectives discovered a functional, homemade gun capable of firing live ammunition, found a few meters from the victim's perimeter fence.

The police commander mentioned, "Investigators believe that the weapon fell from the suspects during their violent struggle with Okong'o." The gun has been preserved by forensic experts and is being dispatched to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) Headquarters in Nairobi for ballistic analysis to trace its origin and link it to other crimes.

Meanwhile, Edwin Okong'o remains in stable condition at Matata Hospital, recuperating from head, chin, and hand injuries sustained during the assault. The businessman was driving home to his residence in Obisa village when the robbery occurred. He informed police that at around 8:06 PM, as he waited at his entrance gate, two unidentified men emerged from the darkness.

Okong'o recounted that one of the men brandished a pistol, commanding him to step out of his vehicle and hand over all his money and valuables. "I refused to their demands," Mr. Okong'o said, adding that one of the robbers fired a live round into the air and began to bludgeon him with a blunt object, resulting in severe head injuries. The robbers then took off in his Toyota Passo, snatched his Samsung mobile phone, and sped away, leaving him injured on the ground.