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Joseph ‘Jowie’ Irungu Files Notice Of Appeal Against His Death Sentence
Human Interest

Joseph ‘Jowie’ Irungu Files Notice Of Appeal Against His Death Sentence

Murder convict Joseph Irungu commonly known as Jowie has filed a notice of appeal against a High Court ruling that sentenced him to death for the 2018 murder of businesswoman Monica Kimani. The notice indicates that Jowie intends to challenge his conviction for the murder and subsequent sentencing by Lady Justice Grace Nzioka. "Take notice that Joseph Kuria Irungu alias Jowie appeals to the Court of Appeal against the decisions of the Honourable Lady Justice Grace Nzioka delivered in open court at Milimani, Nairobi on the 9th day February 2024 and in her written judgment dated 9th February 2024 whereby the Appellant was convicted of Murder and sentenced to death on 13th March 2024." "The appeal is against the conviction and sentence," reads the court document filed through hi...
Caroline Mutoko refuses to backup food prices hashtag #Lowerfoodprices
Entertainment

Caroline Mutoko refuses to backup food prices hashtag #Lowerfoodprices

Kenyan media influencer Caroline Mutoko has slammed the #lowerfoodprices social media hashtag that took the Kenyan internet space by storm on February 20. While asking Kenyans online to cultivate a sharper sense in sniffing out political propaganda, the Radio Africa Group Marketing Manager termed the hashtag as 'disingenuous'. "Without telling me you're a Kenyan voter with selective amnesia, I'll show you who you are. You are the person blindly propagating the hashtag #lowerfoodprices... I looked at it and I thought it seemed a bit disingenuous. "Do we all not remember that two weeks...three weeks to the election in 2017 we were unable to buy two packets of unga (flour) each? Are you telling me that our ability to forget how we felt at that time is so good that we c...