On Tuesday, April 8, Philip Mutinda was arraigned in court, where police were granted 21 more days to hold him as investigations into the murder of his former girlfriend, Kemunto, continue.
Mutinda’s court appearance came just a day after he confessed to killing Kemunto inside a Multimedia University (MMU) hostel.
According to detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), after committing the murder, Mutinda placed Kemunto’s lifeless body in a suitcase and took it to his own room. Later, in the early hours of Monday, March 31—around 4 a.m.—he allegedly moved the body again, this time placing it inside a water tank on the rooftop of one of the hostels.
Further investigations revealed that Mutinda removed the SIM card from Kemunto’s phone and disposed of it within the university compound in an attempt to cover his tracks.
In a bizarre twist, the suspect reportedly visited the Jesus Is Alive Ministries church in Nairobi’s CBD after the murder and donated Kemunto’s phone as an offering.
DCI officers have since recovered the phone from the church, marking a significant breakthrough in the case.
Authorities continue to piece together the events leading to the tragic death of Kemunto as they pursue justice for the young woman.
