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The wife to the televangelist Pius Muiru yesterday linked her sister-in-law to her mother-in-law’s murder five years ago.

Lucy Muiru, who was testifying in the murder trial of her mother-in-law Grace Wangari, told the court her sister-in-law Monica Muthoni was always at loggerheads with the deceased.

Muthoni and Ezekiel Saitambua are the main suspects in the case.
Lucy told a Murang’a court Muthoni and the deceased were constantly having arguments at home despite numerous attempts to reconcile them.
She told the court after receiving news of the deceased’s disappearance, she called Muthoni seeking to know Wangari’s whereabouts.

“I got a call from my husband and he told me their mother is missing and the first person I called was Muthoni because they used to live in the same compound,” she said.

“She told me that mother had left the previous day carrying a small bag and she said she would be back but never showed up,” Lucy testified, adding that she was not satisfied with the answer.

Lucy further told the court that three days before the gruesome murder, she had visited the deceased at her home in Karega and handed her various items as well as Sh2,000 in cash.

“We spent about one and half hours at home before proceeding to Sabasaba Shopping Centre for a crusade,” she added.

Left home alone
The witness told the court that she had found it unusual that the deceased had been left home alone.

“We had two guards at home but none was around that time and upon inquiring, I was told one was on leave and the other was out on his errands,” she said.

She also said Muthoni was not at home but she spotted her at the crusade in Sabasaba.

Another witness, Elizabeth Nyambura told the court that the first accused Ezekiel Saitambua had donated to her several household items among them a television set, two mattresses and recorders which she later came to learn belonged to the deceased.

“I had known Ezekiel for about three months and he brought me the items to help me settle down after I walked out of my matrimonial home,” she said.