A woman who, for years, faked to be Governor Mutula Kilonzo Junior’s baby mama is now paying dearly for her lie and her freedom.

After nearly a decade of courtroom drama, DNA results and a damning court ruling exposed what the Milimani Children’s Court described as a “calculated deceit.”

After DNA tests ordered by the court proved the child wasn’t Mutula’s, the woman was ordered to refund Sh15 million, sell her land, and spend weeks in jail for trying to con the Makueni County boss.

For nearly ten years, Victoria Ndunge Musyoki carried on a well-crafted story that the governor, a respected lawyer and son of the late Senator Mutula Kilonzo, had fathered her child. 

The story appeared convincing, given their past love affair. She successfully persuaded friends, family, and even the courts that Mutula was the father of her child.  

Ndunge, who described herself as Mutula’s former lover, sued the county boss at the Milimani Children’s Court in 2016, seeking child maintenance and support, claiming that he had abandoned their alleged child.

In her suit, filed as Children’s Case No.1056 of 2016, she painted herself as a wronged lover abandoned by a powerful man.

Court documents seen by The Nairobian show that Ndunge filed the suit through her lawyers, Osundwa & Company Advocates, demanding child maintenance and seeking to compel Mutula to pay millions in upkeep.  

She told the court that Governor Mutula had neglected his parental responsibility toward their alleged child and sought monthly upkeep, as well as education and medical expenses.

Falsehoods

At the time, the then Senator for Makueni is said to have acted in good faith.

Through his lawyers, Kilonzo & Company Advocates, Mutula made several payments to support the child, believing indeed he may be the father.

The governor denied the claim of being irresponsible or a deadbeat father, stating that the allegations were “malicious, fabricated, and intended to embarrass” him.

He maintained his innocence, stating that he had never fathered any child with the woman.  

“The entire case is built on falsehoods and meant to extort money from me,” the governor argued in court.

For years, the case dragged on in court, marked by adjournments and deferrals.  

Mutula later asked the court to order a DNA test to settle the matter once and for all.

The court allowed Mutula’s request and ordered a mandatory DNA test to conclusively determine the child’s paternity.

Court records show that Ndunge resisted the governor’s request for a paternity test several times, but the court insisted on it as part of the evidence.

“Despite several court directions and opportunities granted, the plaintiff (Ndunge) failed, refused, and neglected to avail herself and the child for DNA testing,” the court records note. 

Deception

When samples were finally taken and analysed, the results delivered a crushing blow to her story. The child was not Mutula’s.

“The DNA results established conclusively that the child subject of these proceedings was not sired by the defendant, Mutula Kilonzo Junior. He is not the biological father of the child,” a court ruling reveals.

With the DNA results clearing him, Governor Mutula counter-sued, arguing that the entire case was built on deception. 

He sought damages for defamation, emotional distress, and financial losses incurred during the prolonged legal battle.

In his counterclaim, Mutula detailed how he had provided financial support in good faith, believing he was fulfilling his responsibilities as a parent only to discover he had been deceived.

The court agreed. In 2023, the Milimani Children’s Court ruled in Mutula’s favour, ordering Ndunge to refund the governor the amount he had spent,  a total of Sh15 million.

“It is the finding of this court that the plaintiff engaged in deliberate deceit with financial intent,” the court ruled.

“The defendant is entitled to recovery of the sums advanced in good faith.”

Following the court order directing her to pay the governor millions of shillings, Ndunge, through her lawyers, sought 14 days to comply and present a proposal on how to settle the decretal amount. 

The woman, however, failed to comply with earlier court orders to pay or make a structured settlement plan, and the court issued a warrant of arrest against her.

She was arrested and presented in court.

During a virtual court appearance in June this year, her lawyer pleaded for leniency, arguing that imprisoning her would “curtail her right to movement and ability to make adequate arrangements” to sell her land and settle the debt.  

“If the judgment debtor (Ndunge) be put in civil jail, then her right to movement will be curtailed and may not be able to make adequate arrangements, on the payment plan, which may include disposing of some assets,” the court noted.

The governor, however, vehemently opposed the request by the lady, stating that she had been hiding, and it took over one year to get her arrested. 

In his ruling, Milimani Chief Magistrate Bernard Ochoi rejected Ndunge’s plea for release, stating that concerns she might abscond were genuine.

The court was unsympathetic. “The court takes judicial notice that the decretal amount has been outstanding for long time,” ruled Ochoi.

In his remarks during a mention on June 11, 2025, the magistrate observed that Ndunge had been “difficult to trace” and that the decree holder, Governor Mutula, had made numerous applications to extend the warrants of arrest due to her disappearance.

“The decree holder has come to court several times to extend the warrant of arrest against the judgment debtor, indicating it had been difficult to trace her. The concerns that the judgment debtor is a flight risk are therefore genuine,” Ochoi stated. 

As a result, Ndunge was remanded at Lang’ata Women’s Prison for nearly two months while her lawyers engaged the governor’s legal team in negotiations over a possible settlement.

“The judgment debtor has indicated that she seeks time to come up with a payment plan. I will have the judgment debtor remanded in custody until she presents a payment proposal for consideration by the decree holder,” the magistrate added.

After intense negotiations when Ndunge was cooling her heels in prison, the parties reached a consent agreement, which was formally adopted by the court.

On September 25, 2025, Ochoi adopted a consent order signed by both parties that laid out the terms of repayment.

“The plaintiff, Victoria Ndunge Musyoki, admits as due the decretal sum of Sh15,000,000, and shall be liable for the bailiff’s costs for effecting arrest at Sh345,000,” the consent agreement reads.

In an effort to comply with the court order and secure her release, Ndunge also agreed to have her property, Donyo Sabuk/Donyo Sabuk West Block 1/385, disposed of within 90 days to recover the decretal sum and the bailiff’s costs.

“The Plaintiff undertakes to have her property, Donyo Sabuk/Donyo Sabuk West Block 1/385, disposed of within 90 days to realize the decretal sum together with the court bailiff’s costs,” the consent adopted by the court reads

Sell property

The magistrate freed Ndunge from prison and was given 90 days to pay the full amount or face execution.

Failure to meet those terms, the court warned, would lead to renewed arrest and attachment of her assets.

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“Take notice that any disobedience or non-observance of the order of the court served herewith will result in penal consequences to you and any other person(s),” the court order reads in part.

Upon signing the consent, Ndunge was released from custody on September 25, 2025 under the supervision of her lawyer Sao Chita of Osundwa & Company Advocates, who represented her throughout the proceedings.

She is now expected to sell her multi-million shilling property within three months and pay the governor.

Court insiders describe the matter as “one of the clearest cases where love, deception, and law collided.”

The case has exposed how far personal disputes can escalate when truth is ignored and emotions are weaponized.

Mutula, who has remained largely silent throughout the proceedings, is said to have told his legal team that he was “grateful the truth has prevailed.”