Citizen TV News Anchor Jacque Maribe to be Charged with Monica Kimani's Murder

Citizen TV News Anchor Jacque Maribe to be Charged with Monica Kimani's Murder

Citizen television news anchor Jacque Maribe is set to be charged with the murder of businesswoman Monica Kimani alongside her boyfriend Joseph Irungu, alias Jowie.

This comes after investigators said they have gathered sufficient evidence incriminating her in Kimani’s killing.

“We know that she (Maribe) helped Irungu cover up the offence by burning the clothes that he wore when he committed the crime.” Director of Criminal Investigations George Kinoti told The Star.

Police also said the journalist gave false statement when she claimed that her fiancée had been shot by assailants on a motorcycle in a bid to cover up for him, a statement that she has since recanted.

Detectives found a firearm and a 9mm live bullet in her bedroom and established that Irungu used her car, a Toyota Allion, on the night of the crime. Kinoti said the news anchor was aware of what happened but failed to report to any police station.

“Days after she helped Irungu destroy the evidence, she did not report the incident until police arrested her. Why? We believe she was part of the cover up,” Kinoti added.

In a fresh statement after recanting an earlier one, Maribe said her boyfriend attempted to kill himself and was not attacked by gunmen.

Jacque is currently being held at Gigiri Police Station after the court allowed police to detain her for 10 days pending conclusion of investigations.

The lifeless body of Monica was found in a bathtub in her apartment in Nairobi's Kilimani estate, with her throat slit. She was killed hours after returning to the country from South Sudan where she reportedly run a family business. 

Comments

betty (not verified)     Sat, 10/06/2018 @ 12:16pm

Your story lacks credibility, from what we have read so far and the briefings by the authorities, Jacque could be charged with being an accessory after that act if it can be proved that she had knowledge Irungu had committed the crime. There are 2 stories one of attempted suicide and the other of a vicious crime of murder. It seems to me that Jacque is more involved with the attempted suicide because she was there but the murder situation, it is along shot unless the authorities can proof that she tried to obstruct justice.

By the way I do not know any of these people, but I have taken great interest in this case because I am a woman and one is dead and the other's life has been changed forever and the common denominator is one man.

You are only interested in the number of clicks that is why you can publish such a story no hard evidence .

Karing'a (not verified)     Sat, 10/06/2018 @ 04:49pm

In reply to by betty (not verified)

Charging Maribe with murder will only result to her acquittal/freedom.I know her lawyers are now happy because her case will end at an early stage of NO CASE TO ANSWER.But muuaji Irungu ako taambani liwe liwalo.

Omtitu (not verified)     Sun, 10/07/2018 @ 04:55pm

In reply to by betty (not verified)

woman or man let wheel of just take it's course. surely, she must have had an idea of something, including the kanzu which was still smelling the filthy semen the murderer had just poured in to the victim.

Mucene (not verified)     Sat, 10/06/2018 @ 01:50pm

At times like this, you just wonder why a woman like Jackie would involve herself with such a low grade man. Is it love?

Sizza (not verified)     Sun, 10/07/2018 @ 03:20am

Jacque Maribe could be an accessory to murder but could also have taken part in it. Who knows... She lied about so many things. I trust NONE of them. She came into this with A LOT of kiburi thinking that she was gonna get away with murder. My only worry is that things were moving so slow but I guess it's how we are so used to how fast things move hapa majuu. For instance, why wait till last minute to collect her DNA sample???? Either way, from the get-go you can tell Maribe was deeply involved in this. Of all the people she had more than one motive to have Monica dead. If the prosecution is charging her concurrently with her fiancee Jowie then they either have her DNA results to bacm that she was present in Monica's residence or that she was the mastermind. Remember, the investigators, police etc, will Never let out every detail. What they did and this is what you can clearly see- controlled information was released because:- 1. This is a high-profile case. 2. The main suspect in this case Jowie had laughed at the police and CIDs in their faces and told them to drop the case coz it was heading nowhere and so did Maribe. This couple was highly connected to Kenyan officials in government who would have swayed the case in the accused favor. So police and CID decided to let the cat out of the bag and involved wananchi. Wananchi involvement put pressure on the case and the ball kept rolling. If everything was kept in secrecy them the public would lose interest and the momentum. By having the two behind bars, rendered them useless and inferior, making more witnesses even those who revered them to gain confidence and come foward. Most of the details that emerged came from people in Maribe's household and the neighbor's (Brian's) household which includes the maid and watchman. Naturally these are people who are almost always sworn to secrecy. They see a lot of things but would never betray their "Masters". All in all, so much has been said especially in defense of Maribe- some seeing her as the victim and even questioning why her case is conjoined witb her fiancee as if covering up for a Murder is something very trivial. Wakenya tumezoea kufichia watu madhambi, hadi wengine wanashtuka lol. Well, there's always a time to learn. Someone might look weak and innocent but they might just surprise you. Iwe onyo kwa wengine. May Monica R.I.P

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