Policemen in the African country of Kenya presided upon by Uhuru Kenyatta, have said that they have arrested the suspected killer of a British rancher and ex-army officer.

According to Ceoafrica, Tristan Voorspuy was killed by pastoral herders in Laikipia while inspecting some of his lodges earlier this month.

A detective involved in the investigations said that the suspect was arrested on Sunday and would appear in court later.

Tristan was born in South Africa but schooled and raised in Sussex, England. He spent a brief period at Agricultural College before joining the British Army in 1975 for a three year Short Service Commission which he extended for another three years.

A total of six years in the army including a two year stint as a ceremonial mounted cavalry officer inspired a wanderlust and return to Africa.  After leaving the army in 1981 he drove a motorbike from London to Cape Town for nine months, looking for work opportunities in Africa.

Having heard of mounted safaris pioneered by Tony Church in Kenya, he applied for a job and spent six years guiding with Tony before beginning Offbeat Safaris in 1990.

 He has led mounted and other safaris professionally for 32 years in East Africa and ridden in Botswana, South Africa, Ethiopia, Malawi, Namibia, Uganda and Zimbabwe.

In his lifetime, he held a Kenya gold level certificate of the Kenya Professional Safari Guides Association and he was also an honorary warden of the Kenya Wildlife Service.