DNK International By Our Reporter,Kitale.
Police in Kitale, Trans Nzoia East have arrested a teacher aged 32 after she allegedly obtained Sh3,650 through an M-Pesa transaction before fleeing from a shop in Yuya area.
According to a police report filed at Sibanga Police Station on Saturday,the incident occurred at about 5pm after the woman approached an M-Pesa shop operated by Mark Barasa and requested to deposit cash.
Barasa said he transferred Sh3,650 to the customer’s phone number, but she fled before handing over the equivalent cash to the shop attendant.
He raised an alarm, prompting members of the public to pursue and arrest her before escorting her to the police station.
The woman was injured on the left side of her head during the incident and was bleeding when she arrived at the station.
Police identified her as Dorcus Obbai, a teacher at Kapsirowa Primary School in Chepsiro area.
Police said the Sh3,650 had already been transferred to a betting company through her phone, which was taken as an exhibit.
She was re-arrested and booked at Sibanga Police Station before being escorted to Kijana Wamalwa Hospital for treatment.
[DNK-International@September 13,2026]
