Maribe: I was with Sonko the night Monica Kimani was killed

Jacqueline Maribe's former fiancee Joseph Irungu alias Jowie. [Collins Kweyu, Standard]

According to Maribe, she had no common intention to kill Ms Kimani since she was not at the scene of the murder.

Maribe said she never discussed anything relating to the late businesswoman with Jowie.

She said she only came to know about the death while at work.

"I came to find out about Ms Kimani's murder just like any other Kenyan when I was reading the news on Citizen TV. I never knew her, never discussed anything about her with Jowie and had no motive to have her dead," said Maribe.

She stated that on the night of Ms Kimani's murder on September 19 2018, Jowie dropped her at work in the morning where she was until after 10 pm before they went to Club Forty-Forty in Westlands.

Maribe testified that when she was leaving work at around 9.30 pm, she met with Sonko's entourage since the ex-governor was going for an interview at the station.

A portrait of businesswoman Monica Kimani. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Maribe confirmed that it was true Jowie was using her vehicle but that she was not in control of what he did with the vehicle when they were not together.

On the prosecution's claims that she helped Jowie to burn his clothes and destroy evidence after committing the alleged murder, the ex-journalist said it was a lie since they did not destroy any evidence.

"The area where they claim we burnt the clothes is a public disposal area where any resident at the estate disposed their waste. It is untrue that I helped the first accused burn his clothes," said Maribe.

Justice Grace Nzioka directed the prosecution and the defence lawyers to file their submissions within the next 14 days and scheduled the case for highlighting of submissions on June 26.