Lawyer Angela Mulwa and her co-accused, Nelson Masiga Makaralu, will remain in police custody for 14 days after a Mavoko court granted detectives more time to investigate their alleged links to a land dispute, stolen vehicles, and the murder of Dr Victoria Mutiso.
Principal Magistrate Lilian Nyabando allowed the extension, noting that the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) presented a merited application given the gravity of the murder probe. Detectives are probing claims of land fraud, vehicle theft, and malicious damage, offenses they tie directly to the killing of the AFRIMEB co-founder.
According to the DCI, the investigation follows a formal complaint that Dr. Mutiso filed on May 4, 2026, after a February 12 eviction team demolished her matrimonial home in Mlolongo. Investigators informed the court that they recovered a black Range Rover Sport valued at Sh15 million, allegedly seized during the eviction, from premises associated with Mulwa.
Detectives further alleged that four vehicles disappeared during the operation, including two belonging to the Africa Institute of Mental and Brain Health (AFRIMEB) and two owned by Prof. David Musyimi Ndetei. In court filings, the DCI argued that the suspects remain central to the active homicide probe and require deeper forensic analysis.
“The two respondents need to be subjected to the process of forensic digital identification in terms of the review of the CCTV cameras and their communication network in relation to the other suspects who are held for the murder charges,” the investigating officer stated.
The prosecution urged the court to keep the pair in custody to protect the integrity of the probe, pointing out that detectives are actively searching for the remaining missing vehicles and property.
“The recoveries of the remaining three vehicles and other items stolen depend on the safe custody of the respondents, who are likely to interfere with the leads and information being exploited by the investigators,” the affidavit reads.
Pushing back against the detention request, senior counsel Cliff Ombeta argued that the case stems from a civil land dispute where officers lawfully supervised a court-sanctioned eviction. Ombeta noted that detectives had already seized the suspects’ mobile phones and could obtain any additional digital evidence through standard court orders. He also questioned why police waited nearly six months after the eviction to arrest the respondents if they posed a real investigative risk.
Joining the defense, lawyer Danstan Omari termed the application an abuse of court process, highlighting that related proceedings are already pending before the Milimani Law Courts. Omari told the magistrate that Mulwa is Prof. Ndetei’s daughter, maintaining that holding one of the disputed vehicles does not equate to criminal conduct.
However, the prosecution insisted that family relationships cannot justify holding property reported stolen, asking the court to balance the suspects’ constitutional rights against the need to protect the investigation and secure justice for the victims.
