DCI arrests police officer over Dr Victoria Mutiso’s murder
DCI arrests police officer over Dr Victoria Mutiso's murder
Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) are pursuing a police inspector believed to have played a central role in the murder of psychologist Dr Victoria Mutiso, with investigators now linking senior police officers to what they describe as a carefully coordinated assassination over a longstanding land dispute.
Speaking during a press briefing at Magereza House on Friday, August 7, DCI Director Mohamed Amin revealed that the inspector, attached to Nderi Police Post under Kikuyu Police Station, had been identified as the link between the financiers of the murder and the hit squad that executed the killing.
Amin disclosed that ballistic analysis had established that a Jericho pistol recovered from Nderi Police Post was the murder weapon. The firearm, investigators said, had been officially issued to the police inspector who is now on the run.
“Investigations have established that the elimination of Dr Mutiso was driven by a longstanding land civil dispute,” Amin said, adding that detectives were pursuing more suspects believed to have financed and coordinated the murder.
The DCI has so far arrested two suspects, including a police constable attached to Karinde Police Post, also under Kikuyu Police Station, who investigators say was the gunman.
Forensic analysis and other evidence placed the officer at the scene, with detectives identifying him as the person who fatally shot Dr Mutiso.
Investigators recovered two spent cartridges from the crime scene, while a bullet head was retrieved during the postmortem examination, providing crucial forensic evidence that linked the recovered pistol to the shooting.
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In what unfolded like a meticulously planned operation, Amin said detectives pieced together the case through forensic analysis, CCTV footage and intelligence gathered from multiple security agencies, leading them to key suspects believed to have orchestrated the murder.
According to investigators, one suspect emerged as the central coordinator of the operation. Detectives say he drove the Toyota Land Cruiser Prado used to block the taxi carrying Dr Mutiso before the attack and coordinated the movement of the execution team.
The DCI established that two Toyota Prado vehicles were used during the operation, one to block the victim’s vehicle and another to transport the hit squad.
Detectives traced the owners of both vehicles, who confirmed they had hired them out to the prime suspect before they were returned on July 30, 2026.
Vehicle tracking data placed both Prado vehicles at the crime scene at the time of the shooting. Detectives have also arrested and detained the motorcycle rider alleged to have ferried the gunman to and from the scene.
“Investigations led our officers to serving police officers who, unfortunately, played very critical roles in the conspiracy. A police inspector, the officer in charge of Nderi Police Post under Kikuyu Police Station, has been positively identified as the link between the financiers and the operational team, as well as the source of the murder weapon,” Amin said.
He added that the involvement of serving police officers represented “a grave betrayal of the uniform and the public trust” and vowed that the DCI would pursue all those involved.
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