Fresh court filings from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) reveal that a Sh300,000 down payment was made on April 24, 2026, as part of a first, failed plot to assassinate clinical psychologist Dr Victoria Nthunya Mutiso.
The new affidavit, filed at the Milimani Law Courts by the DCI Homicide Investigations Bureau, places Nairobi city lawyer Angela Mulwa, the stepdaughter of the deceased, at the center of the conspiracy.
Investigators allege that she was physically present when the Sh300,000 cash down payment was handed over to the suspected hit squad.
The Sh300,000 payment was meant to facilitate an earlier assassination attempt in April 2026, which ultimately failed to materialize.
Dr Mutiso was later trailed and shot dead on July 29, 2026, while traveling in an Uber in Nairobi’s Upper Hill area.
Previous DCI disclosures revealed that the hit squad, which allegedly included rogue police officers, was promised a total package of Sh1.5 million (Sh500,000 per officer) to complete the execution.
The DCI asserts that lawyer Angela Mulwa maintained constant communication with Inspector Kenneth Sang, a senior police officer whose firearm is suspected to have been used in the murder.
The filings show Dr Mutiso had anticipated the danger. On July 7, 2026, she escaped two armed men on a motorcycle near Junction Mall and recorded a threat report at the Kilimani Police Station under OB No. 63/07/07/2026.
Milimani Magistrate Joan Mati has reserved her ruling until tomorrow, Monday, August 24, 2026, on whether to grant the DCI custodial orders to hold Angela Mulwa for an additional 14 days to wrap up technical and cross-border inquiries.
In the interim, Mulwa remains out of police custody after paying a Sh1 million cash bail previously granted in a connected vehicle theft file.
Other prime suspects currently in custody or facing processing include Mulwa’s mother (Rose Mbithe Mulwa), her brother (Chris Mulwa), and Police Constable Elijah Kibelion Kimoi, who is accused of firing the fatal shot.
Detectives have linked the assassination to an aggressive, multi-million-shilling property dispute involving a 21-acre parcel of land in Mlolongo. This dispute had already led to the forced eviction of Dr Mutiso, the demolition of her property, and the theft of high-end vehicles
