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DCI launches public appeal for suspects in murder of British citizen
British national Campbell Scott, whose body was found in a forest in Makueni.
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) is seeking the public's help in locating three individuals in connection with the death of 58-year-old British national Campbell Scott.
In a statement, the DCI said that Bernard Mbunga Mbusu, Samuel Musembi Kamitu and Alphonse Munyao Kilewa alias Edu are suspected to be involved in Scott’s murder, and are currently on the run.
Scott had arrived in Kenya just days before his death to represent his employer, FICO, in a product launch in conjunction with TransUnion, one of only three licensed credit reference bureaus.
“The Directorate of Criminal Investigations is calling upon members of the public to volunteer information that may lead to the arrest of three murder suspects... The suspects are linked to the brutal murder of 58-year-old Briton, Campbell Scott, whose partially decomposed body was found on February 22, 2025, in Makongo Forest, Makueni Sub-County,” read part of the statement.
Scott’s body was found in a sack in Mukuyuni, along the Wote-Machakos highway, seven days after he arrived in Nairobi.
His colleague, Michael Manaton, reported Scott missing at Parklands police station on February 16 after failing to see or reach the Scotsman on phone that entire day.
CCTV footage showed that Scott left the JW Marriott, a five-star hotel where he was to stay while in Kenya and where the product launch took place, at around 11.15am on February 16 and walking towards Westlands.
He went to Havana Bar & Restaurant, where Scott had visited the day before and met a man.
On February 16, Scott met his friend again at Havana, and the two of them had drinks before leaving at about 4.39pm.
The Kenyan man’s phone was used to hail a taxi to a house in Pipeline, where police believe Scot was killed.
Two suspects were arrested last Saturday.
Chief Magistrate Lucas Onyina on Monday allowed police to hold the two suspects for 21 days following an application by the DCI, in which detectives said a third suspect was still on the run and possibly hiding in Voi.
Police are treating the man believed to be hiding in Voi as the main suspect.
A post-mortem conducted on Tuesday by Dr Richard Njoroge and Dr Samuel Omuok of the Government Chemist turned inconclusive. The duo said the exact cause of the Briton’s death would be determined after a toxicology and histology analysis.
Government pathologist Johansen Oduor said the head injuries and other minor injuries found on Scott’s body were too minor to have caused his death.
“Head injury and multiple soft tissue injuries...blunt trauma...Though just to clarify, the injuries as per the pathologists, looked too minor to cause death. So they have taken samples to further investigate,” Dr Oduor said.
