The Recce Squad officer arrested in connection with the probe into the murder of Monica Kimani told police that Joseph Irungu went to the slain woman’s house.
Jennings Orlando denied accompanying Irungu, aka Jowie, to the Kilimani house the night before her body was discovered. Police are contemplating using him as a state witness.
Irungu and TV journalist Jacque Maribe have been charged with the murder. They have denied any wrongdoing.
Orlando had initially denied any knowledge of the incident but changed his position at the weekend.
He told investigators how he met Jowie at a bar in Nairobi before he [Jowie] went to Monica’s house
Orlando told homicide 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.
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.