As “It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
A woman, alongside her five relatives, were on Tuesday, sentenced to death by hanging for colluding to kill her husband the late David Macharia. Anne Waithera reportedly hatched a plan to kill her late husband after he married a second wife.
In 2004, Waithera, together with her son (Joseph Macharia), sister (Ruth Wanjiru) and three others, are said to have killed Macharia and dumped him 20km away from home. They also allegedly differed with the deceased over the property.
According to the witnesses given accounts, the deceased had a strained relationship with both his first wife and son after he married a second spouse.
In the heinous act, which happened in July 2004, Macharia had left early morning for his farm but never returned in the evening. His first wife, who was among those asked about his whereabouts, answered to the negative which prompted a further search by the police.
One Joseph Kinyuru admitted that he had been hired to kill the deceased directing the police to Kamae Forest in Kiambu County where his body was found.
In a 2016 ruling, Justice Florence Muchemi found the perpetrators guilty of the charge labeled against them based on the manner in which he had been killed and his body disposed of.
“The actual killing of the deceased using a panga followed the meetings. The throat of the deceased was cut in a transverse manner cutting off all the main blood vessels. This serious injury would not have been inflicted with any other intention but to kill the deceased,” ruled Justice Muchemi.
