Beleaguered news anchor Jacque Maribe has sent condolences to the family of slain businesswoman Monica Kimani.
In her affidavit asking the court to grant her bail, Maribe says she was not involved in the callous murder of Monica feels sorry for the loss of her family.
“I am praying for her family’s peace of mind due to this loss,” Maribe says.
The journalist asks the court to grant her bail on October 24 when she will appear before Justice James Wakiaga.
Maribe is charged over the murder jointly with her lover Joseph Irungu alias Jowie.
In her affidavit, she, however, says she cannot be linked to her fiancée’s activities despite having hosted him at her Lang’ata house.
“The only reasons I am standing trial are that I was in love with a person the prosecution have interest in. I allowed him to come live in my house and I allowed him to use my vehicle. There is no witness or forensic material to associate me with the murder,” Maribe said.
She adds: “Irungu was my fiancé as at then and in the circumstances, I definitely communicated with him. It is most unfair to use the communication between me and him in the given circumstances of our then existing relationship as a reason to deny me bail.”
Monica was killed on September 19 and later buried at her father’s farm in Gilgil Nakuru.