BY IRENE ONYANGO.
Joseph Irungu alias Jowie has been sentenced to death for the murder businesswoman Monica Nyawira Kimani.
While sentencing Jowie, High Court judge Grace Nzioka described the murder of Monica as gruesome and cold-blooded.
Judge Nzioka noted that there was no provocation from the deceased, it was not accidental but was intended, planned and executed.
“There’s no evidence that leads to a conclusion that this murder was accidental therefore it was intentional, not out of provocation it was planned, intended and executed,” the Judge said.
Referring to a probation report by Andrew Kanyotu, the judge noted that Jowie was an aggressive and impulsive person, a thrill seeker who lacks stable partner relationships and exhibited antisocial personality.
The report also noted that 33-year-old Jowie used anger to control those around him.
The judge said the report was corroborated by Monica’s brother, George, who said Jowie confronted him while he was out on bond.
Further, Jowie would refuse to be searched by guards whenever entering the gates to his residence and would brandish a gun if the search was insisted.
“The court noted from the guards at Royal Park Estate evidence that Jowie would not allow to be searched and drew a gun whenever approached, saying he worked at State House,” said Justice Nzioka.
The court noted that Monica’s death shuttered her and her mother sunk into depression and suffered a stroke.
Further, the family business she was running in Juba, South Sudan collapsed killing the family’s only source of income.
Jowie had initially been charged alongside Former Citizen TV Anchor Jackie Maribe but she was acquitted of the murder charge.
Monica’s lifeless body was found lying in a bathtub at her Lamuria Garden Apartment on the morning on September 20, 2018.
The 28-year-old businesswoman had jetted into the country from Juba, not knowing that it was her final day on earth.
