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Monica Kimani: Joseph 'Jowie' Irungu sentenced to death for Kilimani murder

Murder convict Joseph Irungu, alias Jowie, in the dock on March 13, 2024.

Photo credit: Evans Habil | Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • Judge Grace Nzioka ruled out options of rehabilitation, restitution and restoration.
  • Jowie pleaded for leniency and asked Judge Nzioka for a custodial sentence

A Nairobi court has sentenced Joseph Irungu, alias Jowie, to death for the 2018 murder of businesswoman Monica Kimani. 

Monica, 28, the eldest daughter of Paul Kimani Ngarama, was killed at her Lamuria Garden apartment on the night of  September 19, 2018, shortly after arriving from Juba in South Sudan.