For five years, married life had seemed full of contentment for a couple who were found shot dead in their house in Kiambu.
There was one problem: Johnathan Mukindi, 42, didn’t want children and Philomena Njeri, 30, became desperate for a family.
He never told her he was impotent. They even tried IVF. He knew it wouldn’t work. When she became pregnant, he knew she had a secret lover and he couldn’t live with the knowledge of betrayal.
Friends and neighbours were shocked on Tuesday when police discovered the two. They had been married for six years.
Mukundi worked with insurance companies and bought vehicles that had been written off. He sold the spare parts, a friend said.
The spare parts business was doing very well. It was being run by his wife Njeri.
He had moved to the Kirigiti area after building a large maisonette in 2014. He often held lavish parties attended by prominent people.
The maisonette on a large parcel of land extending to a stream is well secured with a heavy metal gate, security cameras and 12 German Shepherd dogs.
Close friends and workers in the home said the happy situation started deteriorating badly in the sixth year of their marriage.
They frequently argued, and sometimes it was heated. They argued about childlessness.
According to the police report, Mukundi, a licensed gun holder, shot his wife three times in the head before turning the gun on himself.
Those who spoke to the Star gave different versions of the story about their feuding.