Citizen TV news anchor Jacque Maribe has been locked up in cell for clkaimes thought that she was an accomplice in the murder of Monica Nyawira Limani who was killed in her apartment in Kilimani.
Today marks the first Friday for Jackie to miss her newest show with Waihiga Mwaura.
According to her colleagues she is not the kind of people who would cross paths with people.is not the person who crosses people’s paths.
A senior figure at Citizen TV said that.“She is just a good person. She is a good, easygoing person who has no pressure; who knows what she is supposed to do,”
Another reporter, who has been with Ms Maribe at the political desk at the station for some time, said she is a woman who has a “very good relationship with everyone in the newsroom”.
However other journalist believe Ms Maribe’s involvement in covering the 2017 Jubilee Party campaigns may have placed her on a bumpy course.
A former television reporter said the campaigns for the 2017 General Election created a detour for Ms Maribe’s life, and her public persona as the journalist covering President Uhuru Kenyatta’s functions brought a mixed bag of goodies.
One symptom of this, the ex-reporter said, is the frequenting of entertainment joints patronised by moneyed city dwellers, among them B-Club in Nairobi’s Kilimani.
But one close colleague disputed the claim that Ms Maribe changed due to the campaigns, noting that she had covered even the 2013 rallies and came out as focused.
“She was put there because she had more experience in covering political campaigns,” the colleague said.
On her Instagram account are snapshots of a bubbly mother of one who is proud of her moments at work and outside.
In between her photos taken in various areas and with various personalities, she has been uploading quotes on various realities of life.
One quote reads: “To win a moral victory at the expense of your sanity is dumb.”
Another says: “Having a soft heart in a cruel world is courage, not weakness.”
That the world is cruel is a fact one of her colleagues pointed out, else there would not be the many “baseless” rumours being posted about her. Time will tell how her courage will measure up against the twists and turns of the case.
Ms Maribe is in custody at the Gigiri Police Station following orders issued on Monday by Kiambu Principal Magistrate Justus Kituku.
Police treat her as a suspect regarding the September 19 murder of 28-year-old Monica Kimani.
Detectives suspect there is a criminal motive in Ms Maribe’s actions with and around Joseph “Jowie” Irungu, her fiancé who is also the main suspect in the murder.
Mr Irungu proposed to Ms Maribe in June and photos of the moment lit up the social media.
Before then, she had been rumoured to be in a relationship with Dennis Itumbi, a key communications figure in the Uhuru-Ruto government.
“A great person; a friend who sacrifices all for friends,” Itumbi said.
Body language experts may not have much material to gauge what was going on in her mind as she relayed the news as she wore the signature coy face and steely pose that news anchors are known to strike.
Ms Maribe worked at two TV stations before joining Royal Media Services. Last year, she received a Head of State Commendation from the President.