Kenya: Missing Malindi Child Found at Kenya-Tanzania Border in Dramatic Rescue

Police have rescued a three-year-old boy who went missing in Malindi on February 13, 2026, after a dramatic cross-border operation that ended at the Hororo border between Kenya and Tanzania.

The child was found just as the suspect, a 29-year-old Ugandan national, allegedly attempted to smuggle him out of the country.

According to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), detectives in Malindi launched a rapid search after the boy’s mother reported that her son had disappeared while…