DJ Joe Mfalme Arrested Over Death Of DCI Officer

UPDATE: Renowned disc jockey Joseph Munoru AKA DJ Joe Mfalme has been arrested in connection with the fatal assault of a senior officer attached to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), Viral Tea can now authoritatively confirm.

A source privy to the matter told Viral Tea that the DJ was arrested on Friday, March 22. The top DJ, who is presently detained at the Kabete Police Station alongside his bouncer, driver and photographer, allegedly attacked the Kabete Police Station Deputy DCIO on March 16, 2024.

Police are allegedly pursuing more suspects including a woman who was reportedly at the scene.

An officer attached to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) was on Friday, March 22 beaten to death by unknown individuals.

According to a police report seen by Viral Tea, the officer attached to DCI in Dagoretti sub-county in Nairobi passed away while undergoing treatment at Nairobi West Hospital.

The deceased's brother had reported that the officer was involved in a non-injury traffic accident within Kikuyu Market near the Kikuyu Police Station on March 16, 2024, at around 4.00 am.

"He had earlier complained of abdominal pains and was on treatment.

"Preliminary investigations reveal that he was assaulted by known persons after an altercation over the non-injury road traffic accident," stated the report in part.

The late officer's body was moved to the Umash Funeral Services Mortuary awaiting autopsy as the Sub-county Criminal Investigations Officer (SCCIO) took over the case.

The report however did not reveal the identities of the officer's alleged attackers.

According to the National Police Service Act of 2011, assaulting a police officer attracts a fine not exceeding Ksh1 million, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years, or both.

“Any person who— (a) assaults, resists or wilfully obstructs a police officer in the due execution of the police officer’s duties; (b) assaults, resists or wilfully obstructs any person acting in aid of the police officer; (c) attacks an animal belonging to the Service; or (d) intentionally or recklessly, destroys police property, commits an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one million shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years, or to both.”

Cases of DCI officers being attacked while on duty are not new. On January 6, 2023, a forensic expert based at the DCI’s Forensic Fingerprint Identification Bureau was rushed to the Kenyatta University Teaching and Referral Hospital after he was attacked by armed gangsters at Kahawa West in Nairobi.

The officer was headed home in his vehicle accompanied by his wife from a party in Roysambu at around 4 am when a four-man gang accosted them along Kamiti Road, close to Jacaranda estate. 

Posing as police officers, the thugs flagged down his vehicle and asked him where he was headed. In response, he told them that he was headed home not far away and they let him proceed.

"But unbeknownst to the detective, the thugs trailed his vehicle and as he stopped to open the gate to his home in Maziwa estate, one of them opened fire and shot him before escaping into the darkness.

"His wife immediately rushed him to Kenyatta University hospital where he is currently admitted at the Intensive Care Unit in critical condition," stated the DCI in part at the time.