Photo Imagine showing Wambui, Governor Mutula and an Extract of their Court Case Documents. 
By Andrew Mbuva
The streets of Facebook were ablaze on Wednesday October 1, 2025 after a woman linked to Makueni Governor Mutula Kilonzo Jnr unleashed shocking allegations of torture, sexual abuse and betrayal, painting a picture of love gone sour with a powerful politician.
The explosive claims were first shared by Caroline K. Gikunda, who said her longtime friend, Victoria Wambui Musyoki, had reappeared after months of silence with chilling messages about what she endured inside Lang’ata Women’s Prison.
According to Wambui, her relationship with the Governor began as a love story but turned bitter when he allegedly denied fathering her daughter and began demanding the return of everything he had ever given her, including land.
She claimed that Mutula pressed her to refund him KSh 15 million, money he allegedly spent on her when the relationship was still thriving.
When she failed to raise the money, Wambui said, her life collapsed into a nightmare. She claimed she was arrested and remanded at Lang’ata Women’s Prison, where she spent months undergoing unspeakable abuse.
In her words, she was beaten while covered in blankets, sexually assaulted with bottles and fingers, and forced to take unidentified medication that left her hallucinating and battling suicidal thoughts.
“Speak for me as I seek medical attention. I have hallucinations, I can’t sleep… I went through hell and back,” read one of her desperate messages to Caroline.
But as soon as the story began to spread online, the Governor’s allies swiftly moved to quash it. Kisai Nzuki, one of Mutula’s vocal defenders, dismissed the allegations as a recycled lie that had already been buried by the courts.
He released details of a past legal battle in which Wambui, represented by her lawyer, had sued Mutula in a paternity dispute. According to the court records he shared, Wambui failed to present the child for a DNA test, leading to the dismissal of her case.
On the Governor’s counterclaim, the court ordered her to refund KSh 15 million, money he had provided in good faith under the belief that the child was his.
Kisai insisted that her subsequent arrest was lawful and her new claims of torture nothing more than fabrications meant to resuscitate a dead case.
“This matter was heard, tested and concluded in a court of law. Justice has already spoken,” he declared.
The online debate quickly turned heated, drawing a flood of reactions from Kenyans. Some condemned the alleged ordeal, warning that it could become another Sharon Otieno tragedy, while others accused Wambui of seeking sympathy to avoid paying back money she legally owed.
“Another Sharon scenario. If anything happens to her we know who the culprit is,” one user posted. Another wrote, “A thousand reasons women must fear politicians. Wacha tuwaone huko kwa magazeti za kufunga nyama.” Yet defenders of the Governor were equally loud, arguing that the courts had settled the matter and nothing could distract him from serving the people.
The unfolding drama has left the public divided. To some, Wambui is a woman broken by the abuse of power, forced to cry out for justice after being silenced in prison. To others, she is a bitter ex-lover clinging to a long-dead affair in hopes of dragging down a man who has already been vindicated by the courts.
