Rwandese freed after killing lover in custody for planning murder
A Rwandese woman who was in November 2018 sentenced to life in jail for killing her love rival but later freed by Court of Appeal has been arrested again for planning the murder of a Swiss national in Nairobi.
Antoinette Uwineza, alias Micheline Uwababyyi (above), was arrested by undercover detectives from Central Nairobi Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) who posed as hitmen, and offered to kill the foreigner.
Uwineza, oblivious of the plan, agreed to meet undercover officers and revealed to them the identity of the person to be killed and the conditions.
Police officers from Kamukunji on December 29 received information from an informer that Uwineza was looking for hitmen to eliminate Guido Helbling, a Swiss national who jetted into the country on December 26.
Helbing was staying at Sankara Hotel in Westlands and was to check out on December 30, 2023.
The DCI detectives organized for two officers who posed as hitmen and planned a meeting with the woman. They met and the woman told them that before the foreigner is killed, he must transfer all the money in her account.
“She also produced bank statement showing that from March 17, 2023 to June 10, 2023 she received a total of Sh9,297,219 from the foreigner,” police said.
After deliberations the officers agreed with the woman on the terms of engagement which included equal sharing of the money got after the murder of the foreigner. Further, Uwineza requested the female undercover officer to give her photo to make a fake identity card that will be used to rent an apartment where the mission will be carried out.
As a result, a fake identity card was produced bearing the name Sarah Nafula Masika, identity card number 27775574.
On December 31, the female undercover officer accompanied by the suspect and his brother namely Eddy Kwizera went to Westlands to hire an apartment.
She then invited the suspect for dinner in her new house, and the foreigner agreed.
However, as the suspect, her brother and the foreigner were proceeding to the Westlands house, undercover detectives pounced on them and arrested them.
They were searched and found in possession of two Somali knives and a container of acid. The woman was on November 1, 2018 imprisoned for life by High Court Judge Jessie Lesiit after the court ruled that she had killed her compatriot, Winnie Uwambaye together with her seven-month old baby, over a boyfriend of European descent.
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