Kasarani detectives have detained a foreign national after being arrested at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) on suspicion of being involved in the murder of a 20-year-old lady who was found murdered, dismembered, and missing her head.
The suspect, traveling on a Mozambican passport, was apprehended before boarding a plane and interrogated at the airport before being sent to the Kasarani Police Station for identification.
According to sources familiar with the inquiry, the suspect was apprehended after raising suspicions.
The source, however, stated that it is too early to determine whether the man in police custody is the suspect shown on CCTV last Saturday picking up the keys to the property where the girl was allegedly killed and her body parts buried in trash bags.
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Detectives are also looking for the girl's severed head, as well as her personal things, such as clothes and a cell phone, which are still missing.
It has also been revealed that the female, a student at a nearby university whose body was positively identified by family members on Monday, traveled from Athi River to Roysambu to have dinner with the would-be murderer.
The Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) condemned the barbaric murder and urged the government to safeguard women and girls in the wake of growing Gender Based Violence (GBV).
FIDA, which has estimated that ten women have been slain similarly in the last year, stated that security services must thoroughly investigate the circumstances behind the deaths.
"We remain very concerned about the longstanding State's failure to protect women and girls from this type of violence, which in most cases occurs in private spaces by perpetrators who are well known to the victims." said FIDA Vice Chair Christine Kung’u said
“In the case of Starlet Wahu, several women have come forth that this man had actually been reported to police stations. So we’re questioning, what happened with the investigations? If we could tighten measures, coupled with databases of sexual violators within the law, then it is easier to be able to track a perpetrator,” FIDA CEO Anne Ireri added.
The parts that were carried to City Mortuary have subsequently been positively identified by the deceased's family, who declined to speak to the media and claimed they are still waiting for police to complete their investigations.
According to the directive signed by Private Security Regulatory Authority CEO Fazul Mahamed, private security officers are to ask visitors to identify themselves, record the time of entry and exit, and temporarily retain the identification document.
