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Pastor Pius Muiru wife links sister-in-law to mother’s murder

The wife to the TV pastor Pius Muiru yesterday linked her sister-in-law to her mother-in-law’s murder.

Lucy Muiru, who was testifying in the homicide trials of her mothe-in-law Grace Wangari, told the court her sister-in-law Monica Muthoni was consistently in constant conflict with the deceased.

Muthoni and Ezekiel Saitambua are the main suspects for the case.
Lucy told a Murang’a court Muthoni and the deceased were continually having arguments at home despite various attempts to reconcile them.

She told the court in the wake of getting fresh insight about the deceased dissaperance, she called Muthoni seeking to know Wangari’s whereabouts.

“I got a call from my husband and he told me their mother is missing and the first person I called was Muthoni because they used to live in the same compound,” she said.

“She told me that mother had left the previous day carrying a small bag and she said she would be back but never showed up,” Lucy testified, adding that she was not satisfied with the answer.

Lucy further told the court that three days before the grim murder, she had visited the deceased at her home in Karega and gave her various items and Sh2,000 in cash.

“We spent about one and half hours at home before proceeding to Sabasaba Shopping Centre for a crusade,” she added

Left home alone
The witness let the court know that she had found it unusual that the perished had been left home alone.

“We had two guards at home but none was around that time and upon inquiring, I was told one was on leave and the other was out on his errands,” she said.

She additionally said Muthoni was not at home but rather she recognized her at the crusade in Sabasaba.

Another witness, Elizabeth Nyambura let the court know that the accused Ezekiel Saitambua had given to her several household items among them a television set, two mattresses and recorders which she later came to learn belonged to the deceased.