Ugandan officials have started processing a pair of suspects taken into custody in Kampala on Saturday, August 29, 2026, over the violent, cold-blooded and heinous killing of Dr Victoria Mutiso, ahead of their transfer to Kenyan authorities.
The extradition is expected to conclude within a maximum of three days, after which Police Constable Collins Kiplangat Bett and Pius Muiru Mbugua will be handed to Interpol for onward delivery to the Kenyan Police.
The two are due to reach Kenya on either Wednesday or Thursday of this week to answer for the brutal murder of one of the country’s leading mental-health specialists.
Detectives from the serious crimes unit of Kenya’s Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) travelled to Kampala on Friday and worked jointly with Interpol and Ugandan police to apprehend the suspects who had fled.
“A combined team of Interpol, Kenyan crime busters and Ugandan intelligent security personnel led to the arrest of the two suspects who are now detained by the Ugandan authorities awaiting extradition to face murder charges at the Kenyan High Court,” a senior crime detective based at DCI Headquarters in Nairobi and coordinating with Ugandan counterparts told Justice Gauge.
The officer, who asked not to be named for security reasons, explained that the Kenyan team arrived in Kampala on Friday, remained there, and, with support from Kampala security agents and Interpol officers, succeeded in apprehending the fugitives.
According to the source, the extradition process is already under way and is being managed by Uganda’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs following a formal request from Kenya’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nairobi.
“Our officers have presented a request to the relevant Ugandan Foreign Ministry for processing of the two suspects,” the source stated.
The same source confirmed that the extradition writ has been submitted to Uganda’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The responsible minister has coordinated with Uganda’s Attorney General, who has filed an application before a magistrate seeking extradition orders.
Evidence detailing the gangland-style shooting that claimed the life of Dr Mutiso, a prominent neuroscientist and former director of the African Institute of Mental and Brain Health (AFRIMEB) has been placed before the Ugandan magistrate for examination and processing.
The purpose is for the Ugandan court to determine whether sufficient evidence exists that could support a conviction.
The pending arraignment of the three individuals will raise the total number of suspects arrested and held in connection with Dr Mutiso’s murder to seven.
In addition to PC Bett and Mr Mbugua, police are still searching for Inspector Kipkemoi Sang, whose Jericho pistol was used to shoot Dr Mutiso on July 29, 2026, along Mawensi Road in Kilimani sub-county, Nairobi.
Once Ugandan authorities complete processing of PC Bett and Mr Mbugua, a notification will be sent to Kenya’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which will forward the documents to Attorney General Dorcus Oduor.
She will in turn pass them to Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Renson Ingonga.
Mr Ingonga will then assign the file to two senior assistant deputy directors, Ms Gikui Gichui and Mr Jalson Makori, together with senior prosecuting counsel Mr Victor Owiti, who will present PC Bett, Mr Mbugua and a third suspect, Samuel Karanja Gathoni, for court proceedings.
“Extradition proceedings take a while, but the good thing is that we have managed to arrest two suspects who had allegedly fled into the neighbouring country. No one involved in the murder of Dr Mutiso will escape justice and the long hand of the law,” the senior officer further revealed.
To date, nine people have been arrested and are in custody over the cold-blooded murder of Dr Mutiso.
They are Rose Mbithe Mulwa, also known as Rose Mbithe Ndetei, her children Angella Mulwa and Chris Mulwa (both advocates of the High Court), and Police Constable Elijah Kibellion Kimoi, who is alleged to have shot Dr Mutiso.
Also detained are Daniel Mwangi Njoroge and Kevin Ngugi Kinuthia. They were ordered held for 30 days at the request of lead investigator Corporal Romana Oduor on August 10, 2026.
Corporal Oduor stated that preliminary inquiries indicated PC Kimoi was the person who fired the shots that killed Dr Mutiso.
Rose Mbithe, Chris, Angella and PC Kimoi were formally charged with murder before Justice Kanyi Kimondo on August 26, 2026.
Justice Kimondo directed that they remain in remand until September 23, 2026, pending mental examination to determine whether they are fit to stand trial.
