Lawyer Implicates Gakuru's Wife in Governor's Death Probe

The late Nyeri Governor Wahome Gakuru's wife, Catherine Gakuru, was on Thursday, October 3, asked to tell the court if she had anything to do with the death of her husband.

Martha Waweru, a lawyer representing the late Gakuru's parents asked the widow whether she planned to kill Gakuru using people close to him, including his driver Simon Kinyanjui.

Gakuru, who had only stayed in office for 77 days, died on November 7, 2017, at Kabati area on the Nyeri-Nairobi highway. 

The late Nyeri Governor Wahome Gakuru. He died on November 7, 2017 at Kabati area on the Nyeri-Nairobi highway.

While responding to the question asked, Gakuru refuted claims that she plotted to kill her husband as K24 reports.

“I am shocked. I have never had any interest in killing anyone, including Gakuru. My faith cannot even allow me to do that,” Ms Gakuru told the court.

Further, she added that she did not know that Gakuru was leaving for Nairobi that morning.

The lawyer argued that Ms Gakuru could have killed her husband because their marriage was not working. 

The governor's widow disclosed that the governor sought a divorce in 2013 after the two had lived separately from 2008.

Chief Government Pathologist, Johansen Oduor, who testified as a public inquest, stated that Gakuru died from excessive bleeding following the accident.

He added that his body had several cuts and abrasions.

Catherine Wahome, the widow of Nyeri Governor Wahome Gakuru, consoles her son during Gakuru's burial.
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