Watu watatu wa Kenya Railways wakamatwa kwa kuiba mafuta kutoka kwenye magari ya treni Sultan Hamud

Mamlaka za usalama zimekamata wafanyikazi watatu wa Kenya Railways waliogunduliwa wakichomea mafuta kutoka kwenye magari ya treni katika Kituo cha Reli cha Sultan Hamud. Washukiwa, wakiwemo dereva wa locomotive na walinzi wawili, walikamatwa wakifanya kazi hiyo haramu baada ya taarifa kutoka kwa wananchi. Walikuwa na lita 76 za petroli zenye thamani ya zaidi ya KSh 12,000.

Jambo hilo lilitokea Jumamosi, Januari 17, 2026, wakati treni ya viwanda iliyokuwa imesimama katika Kituo cha Reli cha Sultan Hamud ili kusubiri dereva mpya. Washukiwa walitumia fursa hiyo kuchomea petroli kutoka kwenye magari maalum ya mafuta. Polisi wa Bandari na Kenya Railways walifanya uvamizi na wakakamata bidhaa hizo, ikiwa ni pikipiki mbili za lita 20 na chupa mbili za dispensari za maji za lita 18 zilizojazwa petroli.

Kulingana na Taarifa kutoka kwa DCI, "Kenya Railways na Polisi wa Bandari wamekamatwa watu watatu wanaohusishwa na kitendo haramu cha kuchomea mafuta kutoka kwenye magari ya treni katika Kituo cha Reli cha Sultan Hamud." Taarifa hiyo inaongeza, "Treni ilibaki katika Kituo cha Reli cha Sultan Hamud, ikisubiri dereva mpya, na watu watatu hao walisindikizwa haraka hadi Kituo cha Polisi cha Reli cha Emali, ambapo wanafanyiwa taratibu kabla ya kuwasilishwa mahakamani."

Thamani ya mafuta yaliyopigwa marufuku ni KSh 12,955.72, kulingana na bei ya sasa ya lita moja ya petroli kuwa KSh 182.52, kama ilivyoainishwa na Mamlaka ya Kudhibiti Nishati na Petroli (EPRA). Tukio hili linaonyesha kuwa wizi wa mali za reli sio jambo jipya; kwa mfano, Juni mwaka jana, polisi walikamata mshukiwa aliyekuwa akisafirisha mali za wizi za Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) huko Kibini, Kaunti ya Kajiado, ikiwa ni mitaa 61 ya reli na paa 60 za reli.

DCI imehimiza wananchi kutoa taarifa kupitia nambari ya simu isiyo na gharama 0800 722 203 au WhatsApp 0709 570 000 ili kuzuia matukio kama haya.

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