Jennings Orlando Odhiambo, the Recce Officer who was arrested in connection to Monica Kimani's murder, has disclosed details about Joseph Irungu aka Jowie's whereabouts on the night she was murdered.
Orlando told homicide detectives that Irungu had invited him for a drink at a Kilimani bar where they stayed from 6 pm until 8 pm.
Thereafter, Jowie told him that he wanted to visit a friend who had come from South Sudan, so the two drove in Jaque Maribe’s car to a petrol station in Kilimani where he asked Orlando to wait.
He, however, denied accompanying Irungu to Monica's house and maintained that Jowie returned at around 11 pm but did not discuss anything about her.
Reports indicate that from his statement, detectives on the case are considering treating him like a witness rather than an accused person.
Kiambu magistrate Justus Kituku on Friday directed that Orlando is presented in court on November 2.
The GSU officer was arrested after detectives established that he had communicated with Irungu before and after the murder.
At 31, he belongs to the Recce Squad of GSU, which is based at Ruiru in Kiambu County and is among dozens of officers attached to the US embassy and a member of the Special Programme for Embassy Augmentation and Response (SPEAR).
SPEAR was created in 2014 by the Diplomatic Security Service to respond to critical incidents involving US mission facilities and personnel locally.
The program refines Kenya's capability to support US diplomatic security through ongoing training. Its curriculum focuses on the hard and soft skills needed to respond to threats facing State Department personnel overseas as outlined by The Standard.
