Nairobi City Stars have absolved Kasarani Stadium management of any blame and instead congratulated them for their assistance in identifying three suspects who broke into the team’s changing room two weeks ago and made away with valuables belong to players and members of the technical bench.City Stars who were using the facility for the first time in close to six years were met with shock when the players retreated to the changing rooms for the halftime breather as they found their bags wide open with cash and other valuables missing.Three suspects are in police custody following the break in witnessed at Kasarani Stadium last month during the league match pitting Nairobi City Stars and Gor Mahia.https://t.co/pusYJ7N1ZN— Mozzart Sport Kenya (@MozzartSportKe) June 13, 2022 According to the club, the burglars who are suspected to have accessed the room through the window had made away with a total of Ksh 94,050 and 13 phones. The Gor’s changing room was not affected by the break-in.##NAJAVA_MECA_6454444##In a statement by the club, the CEO Patrick Korir lauded the professionalism and cooperation shown by the concerned security forces that made it possible to identify the culprits.”Nairobi City Stars wishes to exonerate Kasarani Stadium management for any negligence and do hereby extend a congratulatory note for their professionalism and cooperation, as well as the Police from the Station within the Stadium led by the OCS, for providing all necessary images from their set of CCTV cameras that led to the identification of the suspects,” part of the statement read.UPDATEThe thieves made away with Ksh 94,050 and 13 phones.Matter has already been reported to the Police, OB No obtained.Kasarani Stadium security optimistic they will get hold of the perpetrators from the CCTV footage https://t.co/GHiY2aIrMG— Murimi Njiru (@muriminjirujnr) May 29, 2022 On Monday, Sports Kenya Director General Pius Metto has moved to assure teams and athletes of the security of their valuables at the facilities that fall under his jurisdiction.Metto revealed that three suspects were nabbed on Sunday during a league match between City Stars and FC Talanta following an extensive review of the CCTV footage.
