Detectives have arrested a woman linked to the murder of musician Diana Chemutai Chelele.
The detectives said they arrested the woman, a former employee of the deceased’s estranged husband Eric Musila, in Nairobi on Saturday.
The arrest brings to two the suspects in police custody after Musila was arrested last Wednesday in his hideout in Nakuru.
According to a detective who spoke on condition of anonymity, among the phones, which Musila used to communicate with Chelele before the murder, was traced to the woman.
The source said Musila used the woman’s mobile phone to call Chelele on arriving in Kericho town on the night of January 6. “We have been trailing mobile phone numbers used to contact Chelele just before the murder and this led us to a woman in Nairobi. The number was actually the one used to lure her to her death trap,” said the detective.
The officer said criminal investigation officers from Bomet have been tracking the woman with the assistance of their Nairobi counterparts.
“CID officers from Bomet traveled to Nairobi and through collaboration with those in Nairobi arrested the woman, who is close to Musila and at some point worked for him,” said a senior officer in Bomet.
Call for calm
He said the suspect had been employed by Musila, but had been sacked a few weeks to the musician’s murder, under unclear circumstances.
However, during interrogation, the woman told the officers that before being sacked, Musila took her mobile phone.
But according to the officer, the woman might be having more information on what contributed to the death of the musician.
The mutilated body of the musician was found dumped in the compound of her house at Kapkwen in Bomet on January 9.
Bomet DCIO Chacha Okwach said yesterday more investigations are being done to arrest more victims linked to the murder. “More leads are underway, but it is unfortunate we have a section of politicians, who are politicising the murder,” said Okwach.
Okwach called on the family, relatives, friends and her fans to be calm as more leads are unearthed. He also cautioned local politicians against politicising the murder, saying it might affect the probe. “What police are doing is to ensure there is justice. It is unfair for individuals to interfere with the probe,” he said.
