Journalist Moses Dola on Friday appeared in Court to face sentence over death of wife.
The sentencing has however been pushed to November 6, 2018 after probation officers failed to provide the court with a report.
Dola was to be incarcerated today after he was found guilty of manslaughter for causing the death of his wife Wambui Kabiru who was an NTV Journalist.
He was convicted on October 5 by High Court judge Roselyn Korir.
Kabiru was found dead on May 11, 2011, in their house in Umoja estate.
Dola had been charged with murder but Justice Korir substituted it with manslaughter.
Moses Dola a journalist who was found guilty of killing his wife sentences has been pushed to November 6 owing to probation officer’s failure to submit a pre-bail report. pic.twitter.com/52YFi0VPYt
— Dennis Mulwa (@MulwaDennisKE) October 26, 2018
During the hearing, Police Inspector Charles Omwanda told the court that Kabiru’s body was on the bed with foam oozing from her mouth and blood from her nose and right ear.
He said Kabiru had a cut on the right side of her head and bloodstains on her pillow and the room appeared ransacked and her bedding was stained with blood but no door had been broken.
The judge noted that the there is no one who can say exactly what happened to the slain journalist on the fateful day because they were the only ones in the bedroom when the incident took place.
The judge, however, ruled that every evidence shows Dola indeed caused the death of his wife.
Dola once paid a moving tribute to her late wife and said he misses and will forever lover her. i
He wrote on Facebook, “Tears have never stopped rolling down my cheeks and only God knows why. I feel like it would have been better if had been the one to go and be with the Lord,”
Dola shared a photo of the two of them, which he described as “the most memorable they ever had”.
“We were going to visit aunt Jemima Nindo and while passing by the office (NMG), my friend Dennis Okeyo took the photo,” he said.
“Our good friend Tom Otieno made sure the picture was framed and it so graced our living room.”
Dola said their son has grown into a fine young man who is a constant reminder of Kabiru.
Dola sentence delivery comes in a period when the country has been plunged into a series of gruesome murder cases with the most recent ones to catch the public’s attention being the Sharon and Monica Kimani’s murder.