Main suspect in Siaya arson attack that killed nine family members arrested in Nairobi

The prime suspect in the horrific arson attack that killed nine family members on Tuesday night in Sigomere, Ugunja Sub-County, Siaya County, was arrested in Nairobi. Christopher Okello Owino, who was arrested late Wednesday, April 23 night at his home in the Kianda area of Kibra will be transferred to Ugunja. Security officers travelled to Nairobi with Owino’s wife, Rosaline Atieno Okello, who was arrested on Wednesday after police recovered a petrol can—believed to have been used in the arson—at their home in Upanda Village, Sigomere. Owino is accused of orchestrating the deadly fire that wiped out an entire family, allegedly fueled by a land dispute within the village. Owino returned to Kibra on Wednesday after allegedly being in his rural village, where the arson took place on Tuesday night.