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• A Nairobi judge directed Rose Mbithe Mulwa and her son Chris Mulwa to be detained in different police stations for a period of 21 days.
• The court decided that there was a genuine danger of witness tampering if the two accused individuals were set free on bail.
• Authorities connected the two individuals to threats directed at Dr. Victoria Mutiso prior to her fatal shooting in Upper Hill.

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A Nairobi court has directed that a mother and her son, who are accused of being involved in the killing of clinical psychologist Dr. Victoria Nthunya Mutiso, stay in detention for 21 days.

The court mentioned a reliable possibility of witnesses being influenced if they were released.

On Monday, August 3, the magistrate ordered that Rose Mbithe Mulwa be kept at Kileleshwa Police Station, while her son Chris Mulwa remains at Kilimani Police Station, as investigators work to assemble the details of the case.

The prosecution informed the court that Rose was the ex-wife of Dr. Mutiso’s husband, Professor David Musyimi Ndetei. They separated in 2001 following the birth of four children, one being Chris.

Court determines there is enough reason to keep the suspects in custody

The judge decided that the prosecution had provided sufficient grounds for keeping her in custody, citing threats reportedly made against Dr. Mutiso in the weeks prior to her death as a factual reason that could not be disregarded during the evaluation of the request.

The detention does not meet the 30-day extension that the prosecution requested when the two were initially charged, but it allows investigators three more weeks to progress their investigation.

Rose and Chris were taken into custody on July 29 in Karen, as described by investigators as a strategy-driven operation.

Who issued a threat to Dr. Mutiso prior to her killing?

In a sworn statement from Corporal Romana Odour, investigators described two distinct incidents where individuals on a motorcycle are said to have followed and intimidated Dr. Mutiso prior to her passing.

The sworn statement mentions that on July 7, 2026, Dr. Mutiso was traveling along Ngong Road close to Junction Mall when two individuals on a motorcycle reportedly pointed a gun at her.

She came out of the situation without injury and filed a report at Kilimani Police Station, later informing detectives and her husband that she had identified the passenger on the motorcycle as Chris Mulwa.

Dr. Mutiso was killed by gunfire while riding in a taxi in Nairobi’s Upper Hill district on her way to work, 24 days following her report of threats to the police.

The incident attracted considerable public interest after Dr. Mutiso’s death, which prosecutors claim took place almost 11 months after another person named Mbobu was killed in a very similar way.