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Uganda to extradite Kenyans in Dr Mutiso murder probe

Dr Victoria Mutiso, a clinical psychologist who was gunned down in Nairobi. Preliminary findings indicate that she may have been followed from her home.Uganda will extradite two Kenyans suspected of killing Dr Victoria Mutiso, following their arrest in Kampala last Saturday.The extradition process is expected to take up to three days, after which Police Constable Collins Kiplangat Bett and Pius Muiru Mbugua will be released to the Interpol officers, who will then hand them over to the Kenyan Police.Kenyan detectives from the serious crimes unit at the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) flew to Kampala on Friday and have since been working with Ugandan police and Interpol officers to arrest the two suspects.Read: Dr Mutiso Killers were paid Sh300,000 down payment, fresh court filings show “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 DCI officer told the Daily Nation on Monday.The DCI officer said that the joint operation ended with arrest of the two suspects, and that Uganda’s Foreign Affairs ministry is processing an extradition request from its Nairobi counterpart.“Our officers have presented a request to the relevant Ugandan Foreign Ministry for processing of the two suspects,” our source stated.The Ugandan Foreign Affairs minister is liaising with the local Attorney General, who has in turn presented an application before a magistrate for extradition orders.Evidence on how Dr Victoria Nthunya Mutiso, a prominent neuroscientist and a former director of African Institute of Mental and Brain Health was killed in a gangland-style shooting has been presented to the Ugandan Magistrate for analysis and processing.The aim is for the Ugandan Court to establish there is sufficient evidence which can lead to a conviction.The arraignment of the three brings to seven the numbers of suspects arrested and detained over the murder of Dr Mutiso, a prominent neuroscientist and a former director of African Institute of Mental and Brain Health.Besides PC Bett and Mr Mbugua, police are also tracing Inspector Kipkemoi Sang whose Jericho Pistol was used to gun down Dr Mutiso on July 29,2026 along Mawensi Road Kilimani sub-county Nairobi.The Daily Nation has learned that immediately after the Ugandan authorities conclude processing the extradition request, a message will be relayed to Kenya’s Foreign Affairs ministry which will then inform Attorney-General Dorcas Oduor.Ms Oduor will then hand the writs to Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Renson Ingonga, who will then pass them on to his officer Victor Owiti.Mr Owiti will use the writs to process Mr Bett, Mr Mbugua and a third suspect, Samuel Karanja Gathoni in Kenya’s courts.“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 top officer told the Daily Nation.So far those arrested and detained over the cold blooded murder of Dr Mutiso, are nine.They are Rose Mbithe Mulwa alias Rose Mbith Ndetei, her children Angella, Mulwa and Chris Mulwa (both advocates of the High Court) and Police Constable Elijah Kibellion Kimoi (who allegedly shot Dr Mutiso).Others in custody are Daniel Mwangi Njoroge and Kevin Ngugi Kinuthia. They were detained for 30 days on request by a lead investigator Corporal Romana Oduor on August 10,2028.CPL Oduor said preliminary investigations showed that PC Kimoi is the one who shot Dr Mutiso.Rose Mbithe, Chris, Angella and PC Kimoi were charged with murder before Justice Kanyi Kimondo on August 26,2026.Justice Kimondo ordered they be remanded until September 23, 2026 for mental examination to establish whether they are mentally fit to stand trial.Follow our WhatsApp channel for breaking news updates and more stories like this.There was a stir in court as Rose Mulwa and her children made claims against the DCI and DPP.We come to you. We are always looking for ways to improve our stories. Let us know what you liked and what we can improve on.Detectives trying to establish how attackers entered and murdered the businessman inside his house.KRA issues new requirements for all suppliers engaging with government entities.

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Coast water crisis deepens as firms fail to pay Sh5.5bn debt

A water vendor pushes his cart along Ndia Kuu in Mombasa’s Old Town on February 28, 2022. Four Coast water companies have been disconnected from bulk supplies over Sh5.5 billion in unpaid bills, worsening water shortages across the region.For years, Coast residents have endured the frustration of turning on dry taps. Now, a Sh5.5 billion debt crisis threatens to make the region’s water shortages even worse.Four water companies serving Mombasa, Kwale, Kilifi and Taita-Taveta counties have been cut off from bulk water supplies after failing to settle their outstanding bills, deepening a crisis already marked by shortages, ageing infrastructure and unreliable distribution.The Coast Water Works Development Agency (CWWDA) said it disconnected TAVEVO Water and Sewerage Company, Kwale Water and Sewerage Company (KWAWASCO), Malindi Water and Sewerage Company (MAWASCO) and Kilifi-Mariakani Water and Sewerage Company (KIMAWASCO) after repeated demands for payment went unheeded.In a customer alert on Tuesday, the agency said the companies had failed to meet the requirement to settle all their outstanding bulk water bills.“The disconnection has been undertaken due to outstanding water bills and failure by the respective Water Service Providers to settle 100 per cent of their water bills as required,” the agency said.The debt, captured in Auditor-General records for the 2024/2025 financial year, exposes the financial strain threatening the sustainability of water services across the region.The timing could hardly be worse. The Coast already has a combined daily water deficit of about 327,000 cubic metres, with demand substantially exceeding available supply.The latest cuts therefore risk turning a financial problem into a wider economic and social crisis, particularly in rapidly growing urban centres where households, businesses and tourism depend on reliable water supplies.TAVEVO serves Voi, Mwatate, Wundanyi, Taveta, Mackinnon, Maungu and Mbololo in Taita-Taveta. KWAWASCO supplies Kwale Town, Ukunda, Diani, Msambweni, Lunga Lunga and Kinango, while MAWASCO serves Malindi, Watamu and surrounding areas. KIMAWASCO covers several parts of Kilifi County, including Rabai, Kaloleni, Ganze, Kilifi South and parts of Kilifi North.Behind the mounting debts are persistent operational problems, including leakages, illegal connections, outdated meters, ageing infrastructure and poor revenue collection.Also Read: State defends controversial appointment of Coast water agency directorsAn audit of MAWASCO for the 2023/2024 financial year found the company had incurred a loss of about Sh1.04 billion. The Auditor-General linked the losses to illegal connections, outdated meters, leaking infrastructure and reliance on flat-rate billing.Electricity debts have compounded the problem. Unpaid power bills have affected pumping stations in parts of Kilifi, while Kenya Power has previously disconnected some facilities over outstanding debts, further disrupting distribution.From right: Daniel Mwaringa, chairperson of the Coast Water Works Development Agency board, director Judith Wabosha and Mwatate MP Peter Shake test the newly installed water taps during the launch of the Mwarondo borehole project on November 12, 2025.The result is a damaging cycle: water companies struggle to pay the bulk supplier, consumers receive unreliable services, revenue collection suffers and debts continue to grow.The disconnections have also reignited debate over how the Coast’s water resources are managed.In Taita-Taveta, nominated MCA and Minority Leader Peter Shambi criticised the decision, saying residents of Voi and surrounding areas had suffered repeated shortages despite the county hosting Mzima Springs, a major source of water for the region.Mr Shambi said TAVEVO inherited more than Sh600 million in historical debts incurred before its establishment and urged the national government to waive the liability rather than allow repeated disconnections.“Mzima Springs, the source of this water, is located in Taita-Taveta County. It is unacceptable for our people to watch water originating from their county being taken elsewhere while they struggle to access the same resource,” he said.He called for a restructuring of the bulk-water arrangement and proposed that TAVEVO be empowered to manage and distribute water from Mzima Springs, including supplying neighbouring counties at affordable rates. The dispute comes as population growth, tourism, industrial expansion and urbanisation drive demand higher across the Coast. Mombasa relies heavily on water transported from sources outside the county, while expanding towns in Kilifi, Kwale and Taita-Taveta continue to strain existing infrastructure.Clearing the Sh5.5 billion debt may provide immediate relief, but it will not resolve the underlying weaknesses that created it.Unless water companies address illegal connections, leakages, poor metering, ageing infrastructure and weak revenue collection, the region risks falling back into the same cycle — leaving residents to bear the cost through unreliable supplies.

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MPs plot to hand KDF greater say in military collaborations

 The chairperson National Assembly Committee on Defence, Intelligence, and Foreign Relations Nelson Koech (centre) Vice Chair Elijah Memusi (left) and committee members addressing the media at County Hall Nairobi, on Tuesday, April 9, 2024.The Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) will play a major role in determining whether Kenya enters into a Defence Cooperation Agreement (DCA) in future if Members of Parliament approve the various proposals under consideration.Following the recent stalemate with the United Kingdom over the jurisdiction for trying foreign soldiers who commit offences while training on Kenyan soil, lawmakers are considering giving the KDF more power to approve such agreements after scrutinising the terms of engagement.The proposals, which are still in the drafting stage, will see the KDF inspect the weapons that foreign soldiers are bringing into the country and make the final decision on whether the training will have a devastating effect on neighbouring communities.Kenyan soldiers will also have the power to determine where such training takes place, with the draft proposals indicating that no foreign country will be permitted to set up a training camp in any border area.For example, visiting troops would not be permitted to set up a training camp between Kenya and Somalia, as this would hinder the KDF's ability to secure the country's borders effectively.There are also concerns that setting up training camps near the border could give Kenya's perceived enemies access to the territory, or cause the visiting troops to cooperate with the enemy.Further, KDF will also ensure that there is no major disparity in payment agreement between visiting troops, private ranchers and the land of the host community. This meant to cure the situation where visiting troops pay more to private ranchers and peanuts to the locals.“These are the templates that the Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations committee will be working on in determining future Defence Cooperation Agreements,” said an officer working on the document to be tabled in the House soon.The National Assembly is currently embroiled in a standoff with the UK over the renewal of the Defence Cooperation Agreement to allow the British Army Training Unit in Kenya (Batuk) continue training in the country in future.Parliament has insisted that Articles 6(5) and 23 of the cooperation must be amended to include murder as one of the offences within the jurisdiction of Kenyan courts and include a Corporate Social Responsibility component by the British Army Training Unit in Kenya (Batuk).British Army soldiers during a training exercise in Lolldaiga, Laikipia County. on November 14, 2022. As currently drafted, the agreement excludes certain serious offences from the definition of “official duty”, giving Kenya primary jurisdiction over those cases. However, murder is omitted from that list, leaving room for Britain to claim jurisdiction over such cases — a loophole Kenyan lawmakers’ want closed.The House is currently examining three DCAs-which includes the agreement between the government of Kenya and the government of the Republic of Angola which was signed on May 25, 2026 by the Cabinet Secretaries for Defence of both countries.Also Read: A maritime dream or a red herring? Unpacking Uganda's Indian Ocean threat to Kenya’s sovereigntyThe Agreement provides for areas of cooperation which include military training and exercises; exchange of information and intelligence, maritime security, cyber security, counter-terrorism and counter-violent extremism; and humanitarian operations, among other areas.The second DCA is the agreement between the government of Kenya and the government of the Republic of Turkiye.The agreement seeks to provide a framework for relations and develop cooperation between the Parties for several areas of cooperation which include military training and education, exchange of military intelligence and mutual participation in exercises and training, among other areas.The committee undertaking a critical analysis of each of the Defence Cooperation Agreements and considering submissions from the public and all relevant stakeholders in accordance with the requirements of section 8 of the Treaty Making and Ratification Act, Cap 4D.Borrowing from its experience with the Defence Cooperation Agreement between the government of Kenya and the UK government, the Committee already has defined parameters that it will be considering in making its recommendations on the two Agreements, for adoption.In examining the agreements, the committee will seek to safeguard the interests of the country and the local communities by ensuring that the jurisdiction provisions under which personnel of sending states can be charged for criminal offences committed in the country are watertight.The Committee will also be examining provisions on compensation of local communities in case of damage or loss of property; and provisions on enhancing community relations through corporate social responsibility activities that may be undertaken by the sending states.

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Kings without a kingdom: Opposition chiefs losing MPs to defections

People’s Liberation Party leader Martha Karua (centre) leading United Alternative Government and Linda Mwananchi members in addressing journalists at Hermosa Hotel in Nairobi on August 19, 2026.Kenya’s opposition is facing an unusual form of political cannibalism, with partner parties poaching each other’s elected leaders and smaller outfits struggling to retain their political bases.The defections are exposing what could become the soft underbelly of some opposition principals that they may command a seat at the coalition table but have little political muscle on the ground.In the boardrooms, the principals have presented themselves as equal partners in the United Opposition.On the ground, however, their elected leaders are drifting towards rival parties and emerging political movements raising questions about who actually controls the grassroots networks needed to win elections.For individual politicians, the shifts may be driven by political survival and self-preservation.The poaching has already created friction within the United Opposition, with some parties accusing their bigger partners of bullying and scavenging on their political bases.The Democratic Citizens Party (DCP) associated with former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has in turn accused some of its partners of failing to pull their weight in grassroots mobilisation.“Our party leader has told them that they need to go to the people and stop spending a lot of time in hotels and boardrooms,” said Embakasi Central MP Benjamin Gathiru, alias Mejja Donk.“If you look at Jubilee MPs, I don’t think there is a single member seeking to defend their seats on the party. Some of those leaders cannot even convince their own members of parliament. We have a very big problem with some of the so called principals,” said the MP, a close ally of Mr Gachagua.Jubilee Party which is fronting former Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i for the presidency has suffered one of the most visible waves of defections.Democracy for the Citizens Party (DCP) Party Leader Rigathi Gachagua (second right) addressing a press briefing at the SKM Centre on April 15, 2026. With him are (from left) Wiper Party Leader Kalonzo Musyoka, Jubilee Deputy Party Leader Fred Matiangi and Democratic Action Party-Kenya (DAP-K) Party Leader Eugene Wamalwa. A number of its elected leaders have either moved to DCP, aligned themselves with President William Ruto’s United Democratic Alliance (UDA), or gravitated towards the Linda Mwananchi movement associated with Nairobi Senator Edwin SifunaIn Nairobi, all three Jubilee MPs have indicated that they will defend their seats on DCP. They are Kamukunji MP Yusuf Hassan, Embakasi Central MP Mark Mwenje and Starehe MP Amos Mwago.In the Mt Kenya region, former Kieni MP Kanini Kega who was sponsored by Jubilee to the East African Legislative Assembly has also moved to DCP.Others have aligned themselves with UDA including nominated MP Sabina Chege, Aldas MP Aden Keynan, Nakuru West MP Samuel Arama, Sirisia MP John Waluke, Kitui South MP Racheal Nyamai and Garissa Senator Abdulkadir Mohamed Haji.The DCP inroads into Jubilee’s traditional bases could weaken former President Uhuru Kenyatta’s bargaining position in the 2027 political matrix while strengthening Mr Gachagua’s hand.It could also complicate Dr Matiang’i’s quest to emerge as the opposition’s presidential flag bearer.Some Gusii leaders who had initially identified with Dr Matiang’i have also been gravitating towards Linda Mwananchi which has gained momentum in recent months.Among them are Kisii Senator Richard Onyonka, Kitutu Chache South MP Anthony Kibagendi and Kitutu Masaba MP Clive Gisairo.Pauline Njoroge who served as Jubilee’s deputy organising secretary has also resigned from the party to join Mr Sifuna’s movement.Mr Kega has been particularly blunt about Jubilee’s prospects, declaring the party dead.He blamed the party leadership for failing to recognise the role of elected leaders and argued that Mr Kenyatta should have stepped aside as party leader.People’s Liberation Party leader Martha Karua (centre) leading United Alternative Government and Linda Mwananchi members in addressing journalists at Hermosa Hotel in Nairobi on August 19, 2026.“There is no future for Jubilee in Mt Kenya and Nairobi. Uhuru should have resigned as the party leader because his presence is not allowing other officials to exploit their potential,” the EALA MP said in an interview.But Jubilee Co-deputy Party leader Jeremiah Kioni accused DCP of deliberately targeting the party instead of focusing on the broader objective of defeating President Ruto.“It is shocking that some parties within the opposition are busy scavenging from each other. DCP’s main purpose is to embarrass Jubilee. They are happy fighting Jubilee more than they do UDA in Mt Kenya,” Mr Kioni said.He accused Mr Gachagua of being more interested in increasing DCP’s parliamentary numbers in Mt Kenya than in the opposition’s wider campaign to deny Dr Ruto a second term.

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