Owiti, 30, is facing charges of murdering Catherine Mbithe, 23, on October 12 this year inside his house located 100 meters from Kajiado Police Station, before walking into the station carrying two blood-stained knives and confessing to the incident.
The suspect in the murder of Catherine Mbithe, who was stabbed to death just metres from Kajiado Police Station, will now be formally charged with murder on November 19, 2026.
This is after his miscellaneous application was withdrawn on Thursday at the Kajiado Law Courts.
Earlier, before the case was presented to the High Court, DCI officers presented Mohamed Ochieng Owiti before the Magistrate's Court to withdraw the miscellaneous application after concluding investigations within the 21 days that had been granted earlier.
The court had initially granted the DCI 21 days to detain the suspect to complete investigations into the murder.
After concluding the probe, detectives moved to court to have the miscellaneous file closed to pave the way for the murder trial.
However, the main murder case against Owiti failed to proceed after the suspect lacked a State-appointed advocate to represent him, as required by law for capital offences.
The Deputy Registrar of the Kajiado Law Courts, Ms.
