A Naivasha court has ordered the arrest and extradition of a Kenyan couple living in the U.S., who are accused of conspiring to murder five of their own family members.

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The two have been dodging court summonses for nearly two years, frustrating what has become one of the more chilling family murder-for-hire cases in recent memory.

They are jointly charged alongside a 73-year-old co-accused, who has five counts of conspiracy to murder, including a plot against the family matriarch.

At the centre of the case is a prime parcel of land in Molo town, with investigators alleging that the scheme was hatched in March 2024 when two of the accused met suspected hitmen at a hotel in Nakuru to plan and negotiate the killings.

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Additionally, a fee of Ksh3.1 million was allegedly agreed upon, with the money later raised and delivered by the accused to the hired killers.

The charges span diverse dates between March 1 and May 2, 2024, covering five separate alleged conspiracy counts targeting the wife, three sons, and a daughter of the elderly co-accused.

Of the three people charged, only the elderly co-accused has been formally arraigned and charged, with the case stalling for over two years as the court waited for the couple abroad to return to the country.

The Naivasha Chief Magistrate  Abdulqadir Ramathan described the charges as very serious, noting that the defence counsel had on multiple occasions promised the couple would appear in court but never delivered.

“The court gave the couple every opportunity to present themselves but they failed and I agree with the prosecution that this court should take decisive action and issue a warrant of arrest,” stated Magistrate Ramathan.

The court declined a request to stay the arrest orders for 45 days, instead directing the defence to seek relief at the High Court if they wished to challenge the ruling.

📰 Source: Kenyans.co.ke