Jowie Irungu Slapped With Death Sentence

By Cynthia Lodite,

Joseph Irungu, widely known as Jowie, has on 13th March 2024 been sentenced to death for the murder of business woman Monica Kimani in 2018.

While delivering the judgement, the court through Justice Grace Nzioka noted that the action of Jowie was not accidental, while further adding that the accused intentionally planned and executed the murder.

“First accused Jowie shall suffer death under the penal code of Kenya,”stated justice Nzioka.

“The Murder was not accidental that the perpetrator’s action was intentional. Not a defensive act, it was planned, intended and executed.”

Worth noting is that the sentencing followed a lengthy trial and recent postponements in the legal proceedings that had implicated Joseph Irungu alias Jowie guilty in the murder of businesswoman Monica Kimani.

On the other hand, Justice Grace Nzioka while delivering the sentence, called on the importance of duly observing the sentence process.

Likewise according to Justice Nzioka the sentence, was firmly based on the evidence presented, the nature of the offence and strongly pointing out the unique circumstances of each case.

Meanwhile, on the prosecution side the Judge noted that there was no degree of provocation by the deceased person on the offender and that after the criminal act, there was considerable attempt by the accused person to conceal evidence.

Further, the prosecution called the court to pronounce mandatory death sentence to the accused, stating that no amount of monetary compensation could bring back the deceased.

The accused person, Jowie Irungu in his mitigation plea expressed his sadness for the tragic loss of life and was well aware nothing would relieve the pain and suffering the family of the deceased had undergone.

Similarly, Jowie in his plea further urged the court not to give him a death sentence since the Supreme Court of Kenya, in its pronouncements had declared death sentence unconstitutional.