Jowie Irungu’s emotional Message To Monica Kimani’s Family.
Convict Joseph Irungu alias Jowie Irungu filed an application addressing the family of deceased businesswoman Monica Kimani who was killed in September 2018.
During the proceedings along Milimani Law Courts on Wednesday, March 13, Justice Grace Nzioka read the application indicating that Jowie appealed to Kimani’s family to find peace amid the circumstances.
He highlighted that he is aware of the tragic loss of their kin and understood the pain and fear the family went through in the past five years.
Lady Justice Nzioka read;
“He said that nothing he says at this stage will relieve the pain of the family and he says the less he says the better. He expresses his sadness and such a tragic loss of life on extreme circumstances bordering (this caught my attention) on an act of absolute madness that is beyond understanding even to him (as he stands there convicted).
He says that it is his prayer that the deceased’s family will find peace and that her soul will rest in eternal peace. He understands the terrible fear and pain that the deceased must have undergone in the hands of the perpetrator and he cannot perceive the same. He does appreciate that monetary compensation cannot relieve the pain of the loss of a loved one.
It is his prayer that the court can meet a custodial sentence. Although the victim’s family is calling for a death sentence, the father of the victim was publicly heard saying he will not take vengeance and so the court should consider his views. He invited the court to consider that he is a first offender and was convicted purely on circumstantial evidence and the period he has spent in custody.”