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Jowie to know his fate as families plead for leniency, death penalty

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Joseph Irungu. [Collins Kweyu, Standard]

The families of Joseph Irungu and Monica Nyawira Kimani are split on what should happen today.

On one hand, Monica's family is pushing to have High Court Judge Grace Nzioka sentence Irungu, also known as Jowie, to hang. His former classmate and Monica's brother, George Kimani, says that he is a deceptive, violent, and provocative man.

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