Kajiado murder suspect Mohamed Owiti to be formally charged on November 19

This is after his miscellaneous application was withdrawn on Thursday at the Kajiado Law Courts.

Earlier, before the case was presented to the High Court, DCI officers presented Mohamed Ochieng Owiti before the Magistrate's Court to withdraw the miscellaneous application after concluding investigations within the 21 days that had been granted earlier.

The court had initially granted the DCI 21 days to detain the suspect to complete investigations into the murder.

After concluding the probe, detectives moved to court to have the miscellaneous file closed to pave the way for the murder trial.

However, the main murder case against Owiti failed to proceed after the suspect lacked a State-appointed advocate to represent him, as required by law for capital offences.

The Deputy Registrar of the Kajiado Law Courts, Ms. Naomi Wanja, then directed that the matter be mentioned on November 19, 2026, at the High Court where the state will provide him with a lawyer.

Owiti, 30, is facing charges of murdering Catherine Mbithe, 23, on October 12 this year inside his house located 100 meters from Kajiado Police Station, before walking into the station carrying two blood-stained knives and confessing to the incident.

In the same incident, another woman, Doreen Akinyi, 49, was seriously injured on the head and hand, and the suspect is also expected to face an additional charge of attempted murder.