Wednesday, October 28, 2026 - Shocking details have emerged in the murder trial of Multimedia University student Sylvia Kemunto Ayaye after a pastor told the High Court in Kibera that the deceased’s mobile phone was discovered among church offerings.
The witness, who also serves
as an administrator at Jesus Is Alive Ministries Church, testified that an Oppo
mobile phone was found among the collections on April 2, 2025, while church
officials were counting the offerings.
“We kept the phone in safe
custody until police officers came looking for it. They informed us that call
data indicated that the deceased’s phone had been within the church compound,”
she told the court.
The testimony was presented
during the trial of Erick Mutinda Philip, who is charged with Sylvia’s murder.
Silas Ochieng Elphine Otieno,
who was in charge of the university’s security department, also testified,
explaining how the institution received a report about Sylvia’s disappearance
and worked with investigators to trace her whereabouts.
Otieno told the court that on
April 2, 2025, a search team discovered a decomposing body inside a water
reservoir tank on the rooftop of a university hostel.
Police officers were alerted
and took over the scene, where the body was identified as that of Sylvia.
Another witness, Neununa
Mounira Namatsi, a fellow student who described Sylvia as a close friend and
classmate, recounted her attempts to reach her after she went missing.
Namatsi also testified about
the relationship between Sylvia and the accused, describing it as toxic and
alleging that Mutinda mistreated her.
She further told the court
that Sylvia had considered moving to a hostel outside the university to avoid
frequent encounters with the accused.
However, her mother reportedly advised her to
remain at the institution and complete her studies.
Derrick Higai Luther, a
student who shared a hostel room with the accused, testified about their
accommodation arrangements and interactions with university security personnel
during the period under investigation.
Meghan Nasserian Kihara, who
had previously shared a room with Sylvia, also took the stand and recounted
what she knew about the deceased and the information she received following the
discovery of her body.
Mutinda is accused of
murdering Sylvia on March 30, 2025, at Multimedia University of Kenya, along
Magadi Road in Lang’ata Sub-County, Nairobi County.
The trial continues as
witnesses present their accounts of the events surrounding the university
student’s disappearance and death.
The
Kenyan DAILY POST.
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