Joseph Irungu famously known as Jowie is Innocent in the eyes of her mother.
Speaking after sentencing, Jowie’s Mother insisted that his son was not a murderer as condemned by the court.
While alluding to Biblical story of Joseph in the Bible, Jowie’s Mother insisted that given a second chance, the truth will come out.
“I believe my son is Innocent. He has not killed. I believe in a God of a second chance. The God I believe I believe in will set him free,” Jowie’s Mother stated outside court.
This was after he was sentenced to death after he was found guilty of the 2018 murder of businesswoman Monica Kimani.
Delivering the verdict on Wednesday, High Court judge Grace Nzioka ruled that the horrific murder of Monica Kimani was “intentional.”
“It was not a defensive act. It was not out of provocation. It was planned, intended and executed,” ruled Justice Nzioka.
“Based on what I have said, I have ordered that the first accused before this court, Joseph Kuria Irungu alias Jowie, shall suffer death as provided for the offence of murder under section 204 of the penal code of Kenya. That is the order of the court.”
In her verdict, Justice Nzioka also indicated that the court had also established that Jowie, who underwent tactical military training in Dubai, was indeed violent.
“It was the evidence of the guards at Royal Park estate where he (Jowie) was staying that he would not allow himself to be searched. He would brandish a gun and say ‘I work at State House’ and just drive off.
“It is the evidence of the brother of the deceased that at one time during the hearing of this case he (Jowie) blocked his car,” noted the judge before handing Jowie the death sentence,” she added.
