Man arraigned for impersonating KDF brigadier cries in court, blames his friends for his arrest
By Zipporah Ngwatu, November 18, 2025What started as a routine arraignment at Milimani Law Courts quickly turned tense when Joshua Mutui Muimi, facing charges of masquerading as a Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) brigadier, broke down in front of the magistrate.
Appearing before Milimani Chief Magistrate Lucas Onyina on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, Mutui started crying as he pleaded with the court to be lenient on him, stating that this was his first time to be in court in his entire life.
He argued that he has been cooperating with the police since his arrest on Monday, November 18, 2025, and he promises that he will continue cooperating with police investigating the matter if released on cash bail.
Further, he told the court that he is a law-abiding citizen and a Christian, and he will avail himself whenever needed, promising to respect the decisions of the court.
“I ask this court to be lenient on me; this is my first case in my life. I have cooperated with the police; I have cooperated with the court. I plead with this court if it can release me on cash bail, and if needed, I will avail myself every morning,” Mutui pleaded as he broke down.
Mutui also revealed to the court that he is an ex-military officer who left the service in 2018 and told the court that the seven days the State was seeking to detain him are too many, for he is sick and on medication.
According to the respondent (Mutui), he has learnt a lesson from his bad friends, whom he alleges approached him for help, yet they were out to set him up.
“Seven days to me will be traumatising because I’m taking medicine, and it is also traumatising to sleep on that cement floor. I have learnt my lesson from my bad friends. Please be lenient on me and give me cash bail; I will cooperate,” Mutui told the court as he shed tears.
He also argued that the documents that were found and recovered from his house by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) officers were only plain documents, adding the military has not been giving out letters this year.
“Those documents are for 2018, and there are only five documents, and I was just in my house, and a friend visited me, and he found me in this attire. Little did he know he was coming with other people whom I later found out were DCIs,” Mutui told the court.
He revealed that the said friend had purportedly told him he is a retired corporal who had formerly told him he wanted his assistance in filling those forms to get a more senior position.
Notably, he informed the court that he has not received any money from anyone, and nobody has reported him to any police station claiming that they have given him money, urging the investigative officer to conduct forensic tests to confirm no one has sent him money.
He also told the court that the military police went to the police station and asserted that his was a military uniform.
“I’m an ex-military officer. I served until 2018 and left with one of my uniforms. This is just a museum. Sometimes you just see you were in the forces those times as a veteran,” Mutui added.