A suspended police Officer charged with forging estranged wife’s signature

A suspended police officer who allegedly conspired to defeat justice by forging his estranged wife’s signature in an OB at Dandora Police Station has been charged at a Nairobi court. 
Daniel Mutisya was accused that he conspired to defeat justice by forging the signature of Josephine Mutindi Kithu on a withdrawal letter presented as evidence to Milimani Children’s Court.
It was said to be a documentary evidence and witnessed by him and Benard Malombe.
He allegedly committed the offence on January 10, 2019 at Dandora Police Station with others already charged in court.
In the second count, Mutisya being a police officer, did abuse of authority of his office an act prejudicial to the rights of one Kithu.
The court further heard that Mutisya on October 4, 2021 fraudulently uttered a forged withdrawal letter before Milimani children’s court as a documentary evidence purporting it to be genuine and validly signed Kithu.
He denied the charges before Milimni chief magistrate Wendy Micheni and pleaded for lenient bond terms saying he had been interdicted and procuced a letter of his interdiction.
The mafistrate released him on a cash bail of Sh100,000 or a bond of Sh200,000. The case will be mentioned on November 14.
Earlier in October, two police officers were who helped Mutisya forge the OB signature at Dandra police station were also charged.
Judy Musau and Bernard Malombe denied forgery and abuse of office charges.
According to the charge sheet, the two conspired to defeat justice on January 10, 2019 at Dandora Police Station by forging the signature of one Josephine Mutindi Kithu on a withdrawal letter presented as evidence to Milimani Children’s Court.
Kithu was the complainant in a matter before the Makadara Law Courts in which her ex-husband, Daniel Mutisya, a general duty officer in Ruai, is charged with attempting to cause her death in 2019.
Documents at Makadara Law Courts indicate that, Mutisya had intentionally attempted to light a gas cooker with a matchbox in an attempt to burn the ex-wife and children who were home at the time.
The officers were arrested by officers from the Internal Affairs Unit (IAU) on October 4, 2022 and booked at Capitol Hill police station, where they were remanded until their arraignment yesterday.
The arrests were the result of investigations conducted by the IAU and a directive issued by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) in a letter dated September 22, 2022.
Musau is attached to Dandora Police Station, while Malombe is attached to Central Police Station.