From left: The late Mathew Kyalo Mbobu, Rose Mbithe Mulwa and the late Dr Victoria Nthunya Mutiso.

📋 Breaking It Down

More than a year after lawyer Mathew Kyalo Mbobu was gunned down while driving home from work, detectives have arrested a serving police officer suspected of being the gunman and recovered the firearm allegedly used in the killing.

But the arrest has opened a much bigger chapter in the investigation.

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) now says the murder of Mbobu is linked to the July 29, 2026 killing of Dr Victoria Nthunya Mutiso.

📌 What You Need to Know

Detectives have identified another police officer as an alleged coordinator of the operation, linking him to Rose Mbithe, who is in custody over Dr Mutiso's murder.

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Mr Mbobu had represented Dr Mutiso's husband, Prof David Ndetei, in a legal matter.

The lawyer was killed almost 11 months before Dr Mutiso was shot dead in Upper Hill, Nairobi, turning what initially appeared to be two separate targeted killings into an investigation that detectives now say has a common thread.

DCI Director Mohamed Amin had previously confirmed that investigators were looking into whether suspects in Dr Mutiso's murder were also connected to the shooting of Mbobu.

“Some of the suspects involved in this incident may also be linked to the tragic drive-by shooting” of the lawyer, Amin said during a briefing on August 7.

📰 Source: Nation Africa