Police officer believed to be at Monica’s house in Kilimani the day she was killed

The hunt for the mystery third suspect in the murder of Monica Kimani took a new twist after police arrested one of their own, a Recce Squad officer believed to be the second person who was at Monica’s house the day she died.

The chase, which took officers to Mombasa and back in the hope of arresting the suspect came to an end in Embakasi on Thursday night with the arrest of Jennings Orlando just after he arrived back in Nairobi hoping things had cooled off.

The suspect was quickly arraigned before Kiambu Resident Magistrate Justus Kituku who gave the police 14 days to detain him as investigations continue.

In his ruling, Magistrate Kituku further ordered that the suspect be brought to court on November 2, 2018.

The State through, the Chief Investigating Officer who has been on the case since the beginning Maxwell Otieno asked the court to detain the suspect for a week.

“The suspect needs to be subjected to identification parade, which has not been done,” said Otieno in a sworn affidavit.

“The suspect, who indicated to the investigation team that he has crucial reports on the murder, should also be put under the protection unit investigating the case,” he said.