Former investigative Journalist Dennis Onsarigo has pointed out five instances that don’t add up in the rulling against Jowie Irungu in the murder of businesswoman Monica Kimani.
According to Onsarigo, there is so much inconsistencies in the rulling that found Jowie Irungu guilty as the first accused and found the second accused Jacque Maribe innocent.
How Jowie Gained Entry into the Apartment
The former journalist questioned how Jowie managed to gain entry into the Kilimani-based apartment using another person’s ID.
“Jowie arrives at Monicah’s apartment disguised as Dominic Bisera Haron (a resident whose ID went missing two weeks prior). Mind made up, he is allowed into the apartment, not as Jowie but as Haron.”
“Did the guard call Monicah to say “Madam Haron is here, may he come in?” to which Monicah replied “Give him the phone, I talk to him” only to find it Jowie and allowed him to come up?”
” Or did the guards – assuming one or two were on duty the past few days when Jowie visited – realise he is posing as Haron and just let him in? The ID, did it have Haron’s face? Or was it Haron’s but with Jowie’s mugshot?”
The Presence of Two Other Men
Further, investigative Journalist Onsarigo pointed out that Monicah allowed Jowie in the apartment, despite being in the company of other men. He wondered whether a suspect with a murder motive would risk being identified by other people.
According to Onsarigo, this would have jeopardised his chances as the other men would easily place him as the last person to be seen together with the deceased
In the court ruling issued by Justice Nzioka, the judge stated that Jowie was the last person seen with Monicah. She cited The Doctrine of Last Seen which states, “The person who is last seen in the company of another who is later found dead, is called upon to explain the circumstances under which the deceased met his or her death.”
Monicah Doesn’t Show Any Signs That She is in Jowie’s Presence
Onsarigo highlighted that the men interacted together at the apartment, with Jowie making hilarious jokes about the country’s data system. Moments later, the other men left the apartment.
Ten Minutes Timeframe
The former journalist wondered how the whole plot could be carried out within ten minutes, as also questioned by Jowie’s defence team.
Jowie’s lawyer poked holes in how he could have managed to tie up Monicah, lead her to the bathroom, light candles around the bathtub, and then slit her throat ear to ear.
“Not a single drop on his kanzu, no resistance, he walks out of the house exactly after ten minutes, walks past the nightguards but not before telling them “goodbye soldiers.”
DNA Trail
The former Nyamira County Chief of Staff also presumed that the ropes used to tie Monicah had DNA of two other people and Jowie, questioning how the judge did not probe the evidence further.
Instead, according to Onsarigo, the judge noted that the convict was charged with committing the crime alongside other people.
“The judge agreed with him that indeed the DNA belonged to two other people and that is why he was charged before a court of law as having committed the murder with ‘other people before the court.”