DPP now directs DCI to investigate Betty Bayo's death

Betty Bayo

The Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Renson Ingonga  has directed an investigations into the death of singer Betty Bayo, real name Beatrice Wairimu Mbugua.

In a letter to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Tuesday December 16, 2025, the DPP asked for investigations into Bayo's death and findings forwarded to the prosecutors within seven days.

This is after the singer's mother Joyce Wairimu, on December 9, 2025 wrote a letter to the DPP asking for an inquest into the death of her daughter.

The DPP said the complaint raises concerns and suspicions regarding the circumstances surrounding her death, noting, among other issues, that the deceased had no known underlying health conditions and that the family has allegedly been denied access to the post-mortem report.

“In view of these concerns, and pursuant to Article 157 of the Constitution, the DPP has directed the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) to conduct thorough investigations into the circumstances surrounding the death and to submit the pursuant file for review and appropriate action,” the ODPP said in a statement.

The DCI had on Thursday allocated a team to pursue the matter by summoning persons of interest for grilling.

The gospel artist died on November 10, 2025, at the Kenyatta National Hospital, where the family said she had been receiving treatment.Then, a family spokesperson, in the company of the singer’s husband, Hiram Gitau, said she had succumbed to leukaemia.

However, Wairimu told the DPP that the family suspects an evil hand in the death of the 11th Hour hitmaker.

She alleged that Bayo had never exhibited any illness and that she died mysteriously. She also alluded to events after her death, saying the family was denied an autopsy report and that she was hurriedly buried to conceal some facts that may have led to her death.

Wairimu further alleged that the family was denied medical records and information about what the deceased was being treated for.

“The family thus express their utmost disdain, and thus demands that you hereby direct the Inspector General to urgently move with speed and institute an inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of Beatrice Wairimu Mbugua -alias Betty Bayo,” reads a letter to the DPP.

When announcing her death on November 10, the family representative, in the company of her husband Gitau said Bayo suffered excessive bleeding before her demise.

“The doctors tried to do their best, but the will of God has prevailed," the representative said.This prompted the DPP action.The artist was later buried at her rural home in Kiambu.