Police sources say that four pistols were recovered from the suspects.
The incident has happened exactly a week after four other suspects were shot by police officers along the same Thika Super Highway.
Insecurity is a big problem in Kenyan and rightly forms a big plank of the campaign platforms for most Presidential aspirants as evidenced by the party manifestos that have so far been released.
Both the Jubilee and CORD coalitions have promised to take a firm hand to the problem of insecurity if and when they do win the March 4th elections.
Police Inspector General David Kimaiyo has himself pledged to clamp down on incidents of security but his assurances have so far seemed more like lip service than anything else.
The Kenyan DAILY POST
