DCI seeks 30-day detention of two murder suspects

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has asked the Milimani Law Courts to detain Rose Mbithe and her son, Chris Mulwa, for 30 days to allow investigators to complete investigations into the murder of Dr. Victoria Nthunya Mutiso. In an application supported by an affidavit sworn by Corporal Romana Odour, investigators told the court that the deceased had reported two separate incidents in which unknown men on motorcycles allegedly trailed and threatened her before she was fatally shot. Police say the deceased informed both investigators and her husband that she had identified a motorcycle pillion passenger in one of the two incidents as Chris Mulwa, the second respondent. Police told the court that the respondents were arrested during an intelligence-led operation in Karen and booked at Kilimani and Kibera police stations pending their arraignment. The DCI maintains that the likelihood of witness interference, the need to trace additional suspects, pending forensic examinations, and the risk of destruction of evidence amount to compelling reasons to continue detaining the two suspects.