Reports have emerged that Jowie Irungu the main suspect to the Murder of Monica Kimani indeed went to Monica’s apartment the day she was murdered.
This is according to the Recce Squad officer and Jowie’s ally Jennings Orlando spilled the beans during an interrogation with the Criminal Interrogation Department Unit.
According to Mr. Orlando, he did not accompany Irungu, to the Kilimani house the night before her body was discovered.
His revelation has got the police thinking of putting him as a state witness to the murder case.
Orlando had initially denied any knowledge of the incident but changed his position at the weekend.
He further told the homicide detectives of how he met Jowie at a bar in Nairobi before he went to Monica’s house
According to sources from the investigations desk, the policeman and Irungu met in Nairobi on September 19.
He further told detectives that Irungu had called him from his Ruiru place of work and asked that they meet him in Nairobi for a drink.
The two proceeded to a Kilimani bar where they stayed there from around 6pm until 8pm.
They were also in the company of two women who have also been questioned by the police.
At around 8pm, Jowie told Orlando that he wanted to visit a friend in Kilimani who had come from South Sudan.
The two drove in Maribe’s car. Jowie drove the vehicle and dropped Orlando at a petrol station in Kilimani and asked Orlando to wait for him. The station also had a bar.
Jowie returned at around 11pm but did not discuss anything about Monica, Orlando said.
Orlando was arrested by the police on Friday after forensic probe into Jowie’s mobile phone revealed the two were in communication before and after the murder.
He told investigators he had known Jowie for only three months and denied stepping foot in Monica’s residence.
Orlando told the police he was shocked to learn of Jowie’s arrest in connection with the murder.
Asked why he had not volunteered information to the police, Orlando said he was in shock after learning of the incident.
“From his statement, we think he should be a witness rather than an accused person,” a detective familiar with the probe told the Star.
Maribe and Jowie have been remanded, pending the hearing of their bail applications.
Irungu and his fiance Citizen TV journalist Jacque Maribe have been charged with the murder of Monica and have both been in custody for about a month, however the two have denied their connection with the crime and any wrongdoing regarding the same.