Senior principal magistrate Pauline Omungala whose Lawyer husband Robert Chesang’ was shot seven times in their Machakos home was on Sunday arrested in connection with the murder.
On Monday morning, she was arraigned at the Mavoko law courts alongside three other suspects, two serving police officers and a retired officer.
The judge ordered that the four be detained for nine days to allow more time to conclude the investigations. The team investigating the shooting claim that they have strong evidence linking the suspects to the killing.
Magistrate Omungala who is based in Nyeri was locked up after she went to the Athi River Police Station where she had been summoned by police.
The magistrate’s arrest followed days of investigations into her husband's killing who was shot and killed by gunmen who raided his house at Moke Gardens in broad daylight on February 17.
According to the detectives, the motive appeared to be domestic violence occasioned by fighting for property, leading to their cases appearing before the courts.
"The wife felt that being a magistrate, she was being embarrassed by the cases being handled in courts,” a senior police officer revealed.
Preliminary findings showed that Chesang' had expressed fears for his life and had not left the house for two days prior to his murder.
In one case filed by Chesang’ seeking protection against domestic violence, he alleged that his wife had forced him to move out of the house. He claimed that she had become violent and was using police officers to harass and intimidate him.
“From August 17 to date, I’ve lost all that I’ve acquired progressively since I started married life due to illegal actions of the respondents. I have technically lost the house, the cars, and all my earthly belongings,” Chesang’ stated in an affidavit.
According to Chesang’ police officers were using his two vehicles, a Lexus and a Premio. He also disclosed that his wife had transferred his two children to a new school and denied him access to them.
