Fresh twist as witness denies knowing ex-Gor Mahia star Gattuso in murder case hearing
Nicholas Okwiri Onyango, a businessman and a witness in the murder case of the former Gor Mahia midfielder Collins Okoth, alias Gattuso, has told the court that he does not know him.
However, Onyango has identified the second accused in the murder, Sylvia Aoko, as a person who lived with the mother of the deceased minor.
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Gattuso and his co-accused, Sylvia Aoko, are accused of killing a 3-year-old girl in April 2024 in the Lucky Summer area.
Appearing before Milimani High Court Judge Alexander Muteti on Tuesday, September 23, 2025, Onyango told the court that he had met with the second accused person several times while in the company of Beatrice Awuor Odongo, the mother of the deceased.
Further, he told the court that Beatrice was his business friend and partner.
The court heard that Onyango and Beatrice used to do business opposite a club at Lucky Summer near a stage.
“We were business friends, and we used to do business together. I was selling eggs and smokies, which I still do, and Beatrice was selling Kahawa and Njugu opposite Game Changer Club near the stage at Lucky Summers,” Onyango told the court.
Onyango also informed the court that he was the one who introduced Awuor to the late-night business, which he referred to as “Usiku Sacco”.
Night of the murder
During the hearing, Prosecutor Dela Wilbey asked Onyango to tell the court where he was on the night his business friend’s child was killed.
In response, Onyango said that on the night of April 22, 2024, they were working at their usual spot, with Beatrice noting that on that day she got to Game Changer before him.
After joining her, they proceeded with selling their products until around 4:40 am, when they closed and walked home together and parted ways at around 4:45 am.
“We worked together until 4:40 am, then walked together and parted at around 4:45 am, since the distance from our workplace to where we used to part ways to our different homes would take 5 minutes,” Onyango told the court.
He added that they did not live together with Beatrice, but he knew she lived with her daughter and a lady friend.
Onyango informed the court that he proceeded to sleep in a makeshift shelter since he had not yet gotten a house for himself until 11 am, when he woke up to tension in the area and a neighbour told him that a child had been murdered.
“I slept until around 11 am, and when I woke up there was tension in the area, and upon enquiring, I was told that a child had been killed, and then I heard the child belonged to the girl who sells njugu and kahawa,” Onyango told the court.
However, the witness told the court that despite him later knowing that the murdered child belonged to her business friend, he did not visit the crime scene.
Asked whether he knew the deceased minor, he said yes, he knew her, and they were friends.
He was then asked how he would be friends with a 3-year-old child, and he replied that the deceased was the age of his child.
