Foreigner Charged with the Murder of 33-Year-Old Kenyan Lawyer Elizabeth Koki

A Congolese national has been charged with the murder of 33-year-old Kenyan lawyer Elizabeth Koki.

Christian Mwambay Kadima appeared before Machakos High Court on Tuesday, where he denied the murder charge and will remain in custody pending a ruling on his bail application on March 2nd.

He is accused of killing Koki in her house in Syokimau, Machakos County, where the two lived together for a year.

Police said he was seen leaving the victim’s house on the evening of January 7th before her lifeless body was found in her bedroom the next day by her house help. Koki, the founder of Koki & Associates, was found lying lifeless on the bed with bloody bruises on her body.

The suspect was nabbed in his hideout at a Nairobi lodging on January 8th, having tried to outsmart police by driving his getaway car to Riruta to create a false impression of his whereabouts.

It later emerged that Kadima, who holds Nigerian and South African passports, is wanted in South Africa over accusations of battery. 

South African publication Sandton Chronicle reported that Kadima assaulted one Miranda Jacobs in 2017. He skipped bail and fled to Kenya, with South African authorities issuing a warrant of arrest against him.

Reports indicate that Kadima was born in DR Congo but grew up in South Africa, where he moved with his parents while young.

Koki was laid to rest at his parents’ home in Nakuru on January 23rd.