By Tajeu Shadrack Nkapapa
Albunus Mutinda Nzioka and Alex Mutua Kithuka, the prime suspects in the brutal murder of 58-year-old Briton Campbell Scott, will remain in police custody for 21 days as the investigation continues.
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations reported that Scott’s partially decomposed remains were found on February 22, 2025, in the Mukuyuni region of Makueni Sub-County, shortly after he arrived in the country for a business conference.
“Forensic evidence has conclusively linked the two suspects to the murder, leading to their arraignment.”
“Scott, a senior Director at FICO, a data analytics company based in the US, jetted into the country on February 16, 2025, for a product launch by FICO and was booked at JW Marriot Hotel in Westlands. A day later, he was seen leaving the Hotel and visiting Havana Bar and Restaurant along Woodvale Grove in Westlands with an unidentified man. This was the last time Scott was seen alive,” the DCI said on an X post.
The DCI said that Scott’s partly decomposing body was tragically found stuffed in a bag hidden in a shrub in Makongo forest along Machakos-Wote highway by a herder who was tending to his goats.
“Preliminary investigations revealed that Scott was picked up by an Uber driver who took him to Mutinda’s house in Pipeline, Nairobi,” the DCI said.
“Moreover, investigators uncovered multiple attempts both successful and unsuccessful to withdraw funds from Scott’s bank accounts in Nairobi, Voi, and Mombasa before his murder and the subsequent disposal of his body in Makongo forest,” added the DCI.
In the court proceedings presided over by Chief Magistrate Lucas Onyina, detectives sought permission from the court to detain the suspects for 21 days due to the gravity of the situation, asserting that their release could compromise the ongoing investigations. The court approved this request.
The case is set for mention on March 24, 2025. In the meantime, detectives are diligently searching for an additional suspect, who was identified on CCTV footage alongside Scott outside a club in Westlands, along with two accomplices.