This archive report was first published on 2 October 2019.
On October 2, 2019, detectives in Kenya were interrogating Nancy Kigwe Wettstein, a 63-year-old beauty industry entrepreneur, in connection with the murder of Tob Cohen, a Nairobi golf organizer.
Ms. Wettstein was once the proprietor of Pivot Point, a hair design and beauty school, and the top-end Urembo Hair salon. She was a close friend of Sarah Wairimu, who has been under arrest since August 28 over the murder of her husband between July 19 and 20.
Ms. Wairimu has yet to plead to the charge, with her lawyer, Phillip Murgor, facing a conflict of interest as he was a gazetted public prosecutor. State prosecutor Catherine Mwaniki asked the court for more time to establish whether Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji had revoked Murgor's appointment.
Meanwhile, Director of Criminal Investigations George Kinoti confirmed that Ms. Wettstein was being interrogated, but the police could not say whether she was a witness or a suspect due to a court gag order.
Police are also holding Naivasha businessman Peter Njoroge Karanja, who is being detained at Kiambu Police Station as police conduct forensic investigations and question more people known to him.
On September 16, Kiambu Senior Principal Magistrate Stella Atambo allowed detectives to hold Mr. Karanja for an extra 14 days to give them time to subject the gadgets recovered from him to forensic examination.
