Solomon Mutava and Kavivya Mwangagi have been arraigned at a Milimani court over the murder of Catholic priest Michael Kyengo.

The eight day detention comes even after Mwangangi sought to confess in an open court on how they conspired to murder the slain priest.

Further, Mwangangi alleged that Mutava transferred cash from the slain priest's bank account to an unknown account.

The two arraigned suspects now make the total number of detained suspects in the murder three.

Michael Mutunga was arraigned yesterday at the same court and the court allowed that he be detained for 10 days at Kilimani police station.

The three will appear in court on November 6.

The 40-year-old priest disappeared from his parents’ Tala home on October 5 and his body recovered on October 16 from a riverbed in Mbeere South, Embu County.

A 25-year-old nursery school trained teacher had earlier been arrested after the body was discovered.