Officials from the Directorate of Criminal Investigation’s homicide unit have taken over the probe into the death of interior designer Geoffrey Mwathi.
This follows a directive by Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki on Friday.
He said he had instructed DCI Mohamed Amin to send a homicide team from the DCI headquarters to thoroughly investigate the incident and take the necessary action
“I thank the DCI for his quick action on this matter. The homicide team from the DCI headquarters is dispassionate, and this will help resolve the claims of collusion at Kasarani Police Station where the matter was reported,” he said.
This comes amid claims of lack of action from police at Kasarani since the incident happened.
Police say a postmortem report on the body of the deceased is guiding them.
There were claims of sodomy on him.
Embattled Mugithi singer DJ Fatxo is a person of interest after the young interior designer fell to his death while visiting the singer.
According to police records, 23-year-old Mwathi, alias Jeff, fatally fell from the 12th floor of a residential building named Redwood Apartments, around Safari Park Estate on February 22.
Some are claiming suicide but his mother has rejected those claims.
Jeff had been in DJ Faxto’s house after spending the night partying with the popular Mugithi singer alongside his cousin and driver.
Officials say Jeff had met the singer hours earlier for an interior design job and that he had been promised a down payment to begin work that same morning.
After the business meeting had wrapped up, Jeff joined DJ Fatxo for drinks and merry-making as they hit more than three clubs in one night, eventually ending up at Redwood Apartments some minutes past 3 am.
A few minutes past 5 am, Jeff would later be captured on CCTV cameras falling from the singer’s house window to his grisly death.
The DJ says he is working with the police who are investigating the mysterious death.
His lawyer said they are cooperating with the police on the issue.
“My client is cooperating with the ongoing investigations, all the times that he has been summoned to appear since the death of Geoffrey, he has been available,” his lawyer Charles Mugane said.
DJ Faxto was born Lawrence Njuguna in Nyandarua County as the only child in his family.
DJ Faxto is married with one child.
Before launching his music career, DJ Faxto was a disc jokey who played at small-time establishments around Ruiru before he got his big break at KU TV where he was the resident DJ.
He was also a regular at some of Ruiru’s most popular night spots.
But it is while at KU TV that he met the now-defunct Sailors Gang, a Gengetone group that made him their official DJ.
His stint with Sailors Gang was however short-lived and, during that time, the DJ’s singing bug bit him and a surprise music career would be born.
He went on to release his first single ‘Ndi Mang’a’ (I’m totally drunk) to a surprisingly wild reception from fans.
The song, released in 2020, quickly made DJ Fatxo incredibly famous, with the music video, in which he introduced his signature flame-haired look, quickly lapping up hundreds of thousands of views in weeks.
Not so long after, Fatxo, known for infusing comedic elements into his music, released the equally-popular hit ‘Inji Ikaaga’.
That same year, land acquisition firm Lesedi Developers made DJ Fatxo their official brand ambassador.
His contract would be extended a year later.
As his career grew, DJ Faxto continued to release more music and perform at countless top-rated Mugithi spots alongside his Kikuyu contemporaries, with fully-booked weekend gigs choking his schedule.
Later, he would team up with yet another popular Kikuyu singer and instrumentalist Davy Kamoko with whom he collaborated on the smash hit ‘Mwomboko’.
The song, which now has 6.2 million views on YouTube, further solidified Faxto’s brand and introduced him to a new niche of Mugithi fans – accordion lovers.
As with any popular celebrity, rumors about him started swirling.
In January 2022, DJ Faxto was said to have been dating a popular Murang’a female politician and was said to have been gifted a brand new Mercedes Benz by the scandal-prone politician.
He denied the claims.
On 2Mbili TV, the channel owner, comedian 2mbili, asked him about the rumors.
“I wish, we cannot argue over issues that do not make sense. I respect her so much as a politician and actually I don’t even have a photo with her. We do not have even a single photo together as friends or even during campaigns, we do not have any,” he said.
“Yes, we have met and know each other because my manager Mutema calls her aunt. So, I will be very honest with you, we respect one another very much such that the only interaction activities we have are in the line of duty, and we only exchange greetings.”
Last year on Valentine’s Day, the DJ unveiled the new house he had built for his parents and seven days later, gifted his wife with a brand new car.
“Somebody help me wish this pretty soul a Happy Birthday. I promised myself that I would come back for those that starved with me. Enjoy your new machine and never stop praying for your boyfriend,” the musician posted.
He also gushed about his parents and thanked them for raising a “son like him”, saying in part, “Thank you, Mom, for showing me how to be kind to everyone. Thank you, Dad, for showing me how to be strong in the bad times. I owe so much to both of you! Everything that I learned in life is from you two.”
On December 26, 2022, DJ Fatxo and his wife were blessed with a baby boy.
As Kenyans ushered in the new year (2023), the singer was en route to Embu for a club performance when he was involved in a minor road accident that left his Subaru Forester badly mangled on the left side.
DJ Fatxo’s other hits include Nindetikira, Tokonyo, Mwopiano, and his latest Biribiri.
Will Fatxo’s career take a break as he deals with the unfortunate death of Jeff at his house.
