Collins Jomaisi Khalisia has been identified as the main suspect in a series of murders that led to the discovery of female bodies at the Kware dumpsite in the Mukuru Kwa Njenga slums. On Thursday, residents found bodies at the dumpsite, prompting a recovery operation that has unearthed at least eight dismembered bodies so far.

On Monday, Mohamed Amin, Director of Criminal Investigations, announced that police apprehended Khalisia in Soweto early that morning. Khalisia was arrested outside a club where he had been watching the Euro 2024 Finals between Spain and England.

Amin explained that Khalisia's capture followed a detailed forensic analysis of a mobile phone belonging to one of the victims, Josephine Mulongo Owino. Transactions made on the phone the day Josephine disappeared provided crucial leads. The suspect later led police to his house in Kware, located about 100 meters from the dumpsite where the bodies were found.



Items recovered from Khalisia’s house include:

  • 24 SIM cards
  • 10 phones (8 smartphones)
  • One laptop
  • One hard drive
  • Two flash drives and a memory card
  • One machete
  • 12 sacks similar to those used to stuff bodies at Kware dam
  • One pair of gloves
  • 8 National Identification cards
  • A pink handbag
  • Two pink female pants
  • 5 rolls of bhang
  • 4 large rolls of tape
  • One reflector jacket
  • Two title deeds
  • Two notebooks and other assorted documents


During his interrogation, Khalisia confessed to dumping 42 female bodies at the Kware dumpsite, with his first victim being his wife, Imelda Judith Khalenya, whom he killed in 2022.

"Upon interrogation, the suspect confessed to having lured, killed, and disposed of 42 female bodies at the dumpsite, all murdered between 2022 and as recently as July 11, 2024," said Amin.

As of Monday morning, a total of nine bodies have been recovered from the dumpsite. Postmortems are set to commence today at the Nairobi Funeral Home, formerly City Mortuary.