Before she met the powerful businessman Joseph Kori, Judy Mungai was your average Kenyan single mother hustling a living on the streets of Nairobi.
Now, she currently stands trial as the key suspect in the murder of Kori’s wife, Mary Wambui.
According to information from her past acquaintances, Judy’s background was a humble one.
In fact, a few years back, you might have even regarded her as your favourite vendor carrying scrumptious sausages, eggs, and a hot cup of tea near a car wash in Thindigua, located along Kiambu Road.
She also had the side hustle of cleaning muddy shoes for customers that had left their cars to be washed by the attendants.
Through this business, Wangui made enormous profits which she directed towards opening a wines and spirits shop that attended to the ‘thirst’ of motorists along Kiambu Road.
In fact, one of her customers recalls interacting with Wangui, stating that she was just like your every other ordinary Kenyan who was out on the streets eking out a living.
Primary Suspect
Prior to Mary Wambui’s death, Wangui had taken her son to live with their ailing mother in Gatundu South village.
Initially, Wangui had enrolled her son to a private expensive school in Gatundu. Nevertheless, because of all the help she was providing her family with, no one bothered to question where her massive influx of money was coming from.
As a matter of fact, her mother is confident that her daughter does not have the resolve to murder anyone because she had been raised the Christian way.
Nonetheless, Ms Wangui attended Gikure Primary School but did not go beyond Class Eight.
On the other hand, some of her close friends have claimed that Judy had enrolled in an IT-related course in the university, but was unable to complete the course and dropped out in the second year.