Court told Kiru principal’s wife wanted to confront him over suspected affair
Jane Muthoni Mbuthi, who is charged with the murder of her husband, former Kiru Boys School Principal Solomon Mwangi. A witness has told the High Court in Kiambu that Ms Mbuthi wanted him dead because she suspected he was having an affair with a Murang’a woman. PHOTO | MARTIN MWAURA | NATION MEDIA GROUP
What you need to know:
- Ms Damaris is the woman who connected Ms Muthoni to Mr Joseph Njuguna alias Karis, who confessed to taking part in the murder.
- Ms Damaris said her friend, Nelson Njiru, connected her with Ms Muthoni.
- She told the judge that Mr Njiru told her that the headteacher sought Safaricom data from her husband’s phone.
Months before Kiru Boys Secondary School headteacher Solomon Mwangi was murdered in November 2016, his wife had hatched a scheme to bust him for cheating, the court heard Wednesday.
The plot by his wife, Jane Muthoni Mbuthi, then the principal of Icaciri Secondary School, was prompted by anger over an affair she suspected her husband was having with a Murang’a woman.
A witness, Ms Damaris, told the court that in early 2016, Mr Mwangi’s wife had sought a way to track his phone conversations with the Murang’a woman.
Ms Damaris, whose full identity was not disclosed for security reasons, is the woman who connected Ms Mbuthi to Joseph Njuguna, alias Karis, who confessed to taking part in the murder.
The witness was testifying against Ms Mbuthi and Isaac Ng’ang’a, alias Gikuyu, in a case in which they have been charged with killing Mr Mwangi.
ELIMINATE 'LOVER'
Mr Njuguna had testified against Ms Mbuthi and Mr Ng’ang’a on Monday and Tuesday, when he told the court that the first mission was to eliminate the Murang’a woman.
Ms Damaris said her friend, Nelson Njiru, connected her with Ms Mbuthi.
She told the judge that Mr Njiru told her that the headteacher sought Safaricom data from her husband’s phone over a suspected affair.
After two days, she met Mr Njiru and Ms Mbuthi at Ikon Hotel on Thika Road, where, after negotiations, the principal offered to pay Sh200,000 if the job was well done.
Ms Damaris said she later met Mr Njiru, who told her he had found a way to retrieve the data Ms Mbuthi wanted.
PHONE DATA
“When I collected the data, which was in a sealed envelope, I drove to the school, where I handed it to mwalimu, and she gave me Sh100,000,” she said, adding that she shared the money equally with Mr Njiru.
After two days, Ms Damaris said Ms Mbuthi called her and asked her to get more incriminating data as what she had presented was not sufficient for her to confront her husband.
Ms Damaris said she was unable to provide the data and she cut off communication with the headteacher.
Ms Damaris said she had known Mr Njuguna for years as he was a tout when she had a matatu business in Ruiru.
“Later, he (Njiru) told me he was in a fix because the lady (Ms Mbuthi) whom he had introduced me to had been arrested in connection with murder, and he suspected that Njuguna was also in it,” she told the court.
The hearing continues.
