Kenyan prosecutors said Wednesday they have secured a court order to extradite a man accused of murdering his girlfriend in the United States in a case that made headlines after he escaped police custody in Nairobi.
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Kevin Kang’ethe was the subject of a three-month international manhunt after he fled the United States for his native Kenya following the killing of Margaret Mbitu, who was found stabbed to death in a carpark at Boston’s Logan airport in November.

He was arrested in Kenya in January, but after just one week in detention Kang’ethe slipped out of a holding cell, to the deep embarrassment of the Kenyan police.

He was recaptured in February while hiding out at a relative’s home on the outskirts of Nairobi.
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“A magistrate court in Nairobi has allowed application filed by prosecution seeking for extradition orders against Kevin Kang’ethe,” the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) said in a statement.

Kang’ethe — who had opposed his extradition — will face first degree murder charges in the United States, prosecutors added.

Four police officers, two relatives and a lawyer were arrested in connection with Kang’ethe’s escape.
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Mbitu, a healthcare aide in Halifax, Massachusetts, was last seen leaving work on October 30.

It was not immediately clear when Kenya would hand over Kang’ethe to the US authorities.
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